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CWE-1335

Incorrect Bitwise Shift of Integer
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2021-07-20
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2025-12-11
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Nom: Incorrect Bitwise Shift of Integer

An integer value is specified to be shifted by a negative amount or an amount greater than or equal to the number of bits contained in the value causing an unexpected or indeterminate result.

Description du CWE

Specifying a value to be shifted by a negative amount is undefined in various languages. Various computer architectures implement this action in different ways. The compilers and interpreters when generating code to accomplish a shift generally do not do a check for this issue.

Specifying an over-shift, a shift greater than or equal to the number of bits contained in a value to be shifted, produces a result which varies by architecture and compiler. In some languages, this action is specifically listed as producing an undefined result.

Informations générales

Modes d'introduction

Implementation : Adding shifts without properly verifying the size and sign of the shift amount.

Plateformes applicables

Langue

Name: C (Undetermined)
Name: C++ (Undetermined)
Name: C# (Undetermined)
Name: Java (Undetermined)
Name: JavaScript (Undetermined)

Systèmes d’exploitation

Class: Not OS-Specific (Undetermined)

Technologies

Class: Not Technology-Specific (Undetermined)

Conséquences courantes

Portée Impact Probabilité
IntegrityDoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart

Exemples observés

Références Description

CVE-2009-4307

An unexpected large value in the ext4 filesystem causes an overshift condition resulting in a divide by zero.

CVE-2012-2100

An unexpected large value in the ext4 filesystem causes an overshift condition resulting in a divide by zero - fix of CVE-2009-4307.

CVE-2020-8835

An overshift in a kernel allowed out of bounds reads and writes resulting in a root takeover.

CVE-2015-1607

Program is not properly handling signed bitwise left-shifts causing an overlapping memcpy memory range error.

CVE-2016-9842

Compression function improperly executes a signed left shift of a negative integer.

CVE-2018-18445

Some kernels improperly handle right shifts of 32 bit numbers in a 64 bit register.

CVE-2013-4206

Putty has an incorrectly sized shift value resulting in an overshift.

CVE-2018-20788

LED driver overshifts under certain conditions resulting in a DoS.

Mesures d’atténuation potentielles

Phases : Implementation
Implicitly or explicitly add checks and mitigation for negative or over-shift values.

Méthodes de détection

Automated Static Analysis

Automated static analysis, commonly referred to as Static Application Security Testing (SAST), can find some instances of this weakness by analyzing source code (or binary/compiled code) without having to execute it. Typically, this is done by building a model of data flow and control flow, then searching for potentially-vulnerable patterns that connect "sources" (origins of input) with "sinks" (destinations where the data interacts with external components, a lower layer such as the OS, etc.)
Efficacité : High

Notes de cartographie des vulnérabilités

Justification : This CWE entry is at the Base level of abstraction, which is a preferred level of abstraction for mapping to the root causes of vulnerabilities.
Commentaire : Carefully read both the name and description to ensure that this mapping is an appropriate fit. Do not try to 'force' a mapping to a lower-level Base/Variant simply to comply with this preferred level of abstraction.

Soumission

Nom Organisation Date Date de publication Version
CWE Content Team MITRE 2021-03-29 +00:00 2021-07-20 +00:00 4.5

Modifications

Nom Organisation Date Commentaire
CWE Content Team MITRE 2022-10-13 +00:00 updated Demonstrative_Examples, Observed_Examples
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-04-27 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-06-29 +00:00 updated Mapping_Notes
CWE Content Team MITRE 2025-12-11 +00:00 updated Detection_Factors, Weakness_Ordinalities