BF Memory Addressing (MAD) Bugs Class #

Definition #

Memory Addressing (MAD) class – The pointer to an object is initialized, dereferenced, repositioned, or reassigned to an improper memory address.

Taxonomy #

• BF _MEM>MAD https://10.210.91.216:7654/BFTaxonomy/PPT/_MEM?class=MAD

• BF _MEM>MAD with Definitions: https://10.210.91.216:7654/BFTaxonomy/PPT/_MEM?class=MAD&ShowDefinitions=true

BF PATENT PENDING
U.S. Patent Application No. PCT/US2025/038662 Bugs Framework (BF): A System for Formal Specification of Cybersecurity Weaknesses and Vulnerabilities, Definition of Secure Coding Principles, and Generation of Weakness and Vulnerability Datasets and Vulnerability Classifications. Inventor: Irena Bojanova, NIST.

BF CITATION
Bojanova I (2024) Bugs Framework (BF): Formalizing Cybersecurity Weaknesses and Vulnerabilities. (National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD), NIST Special Publication (SP), NIST SP 800-231. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-231

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