CWE-843: Type Confusion

The product allocates or initializes a resource such as a pointer, object, or variable using one type, but it later accesses that resource using a type that is incompatible with the original type.

Also known as Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type, Object Type Confusion.

A kind of CWE-704 Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast.

From the CWE List. © The MITRE Corporation.