Base weakness
Incomplete
CWE-468: Incorrect Pointer Scaling
In C and C++, one may often accidentally refer to the wrong memory due to the semantics of when math operations are implicitly scaled.
Last updated
4
Recorded CVEs
With this primary weakness
0
KEVs
In the CISA KEV catalog
Medium
Likelihood of exploit
Per MITRE
Base
Abstraction
MITRE classification
Overview
CWE-468 (Incorrect Pointer Scaling) is a base-level software weakness catalogued by MITRE in the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE). It describes a recurring type of mistake that can lead to exploitable security vulnerabilities.
Real-world CVEs
4 recorded CVEs are caused by CWE-468 (Incorrect Pointer Scaling). The highest-severity and most recent are shown first. 2 new CWE-468 CVEs have been recorded so far in 2026.