Weakness · CWE-843
Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')
An object is treated as the wrong type; a favourite in browser and JavaScript-engine exploits.
Official CWE name. Full definition on cwe.mitre.org
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Controls that stop it
NIST SP 800-53 controls that mitigate the most of those techniques.
- SI-3Malicious Code ProtectionSystem and Information Integrity · mitigates 7 techniques
- SI-4System MonitoringSystem and Information Integrity · mitigates 7 techniques
- CA-7Continuous MonitoringSecurity Assessment and Authorization · mitigates 6 techniques
- AC-4Information Flow EnforcementAccess Control · mitigates 5 techniques
- CM-2Baseline ConfigurationConfiguration Management · mitigates 5 techniques
- CM-6Configuration SettingsConfiguration Management · mitigates 5 techniques
- SC-7Boundary ProtectionSystem and Communications Protection · mitigates 5 techniques
- AC-6Least PrivilegeAccess Control · mitigates 4 techniques
- SI-2Flaw RemediationSystem and Information Integrity · mitigates 4 techniques
- SI-7Software, Firmware, and Information IntegritySystem and Information Integrity · mitigates 4 techniques
Weaknesses from each CVE's CVE Record (CWE, © MITRE). Techniques: MITRE ATT&CK®. Technique ↔ control and CVE ↔ technique links: Center for Threat-Informed Defense Mappings Explorer (NIST SP 800-53 rev5; CISA KEV). Plain-language explainers are SecurityTabs editorial.