CWE-590 involves the improper deallocation of memory, leading to vulnerabilities. Programmers should only free allocated pointers and verify memory ownership before deallocating to prevent unpredictable behavior.

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Learn about CWE-590, which tackles improper memory deallocation, ensuring programmers only free allocated pointers and verify memory ownership to prevent vulnerabilities.

CWE-590: Memory Deallocation Vulnerabilities

In C++, when the memory is allocated using the new operator, it is possible for it to be allocated using any of the functions belonging to the malloc(), calloc(), or realloc() family in the implementation. If someone is aware of this behavior, they could consider categorizing this issue as CWE-590 or its parent, CWE-762, depending on their point of view.

CWE-590: Improper Deallocation of Memory

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CWE-590: Improper Deallocation of Memory

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