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Function Call With Incorrect Variable or Reference as Argument

CWE-688 · Variant · Draft

The product calls a function, procedure, or routine, but the caller specifies the wrong variable or reference as one of the arguments, which may lead to undefined behavior and resultant weaknesses.

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Parent of this (broader)
ChildOfCWE-628 · Function Call with Incorrectly Specified Arguments
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CVEs With This Weakness

2
CVEs tagged with this weakness.
CVECVE-2026-33549
CVECVE-2021-33713
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