static int add_msghdr(conn *c)
{
    struct msghdr *msg;

    assert(c != NULL);

    if (c->msgsize == c->msgused) {
        msg = realloc(c->msglist, c->msgsize * 2 * sizeof(struct msghdr));
        if (! msg)
            return -1;
        c->msglist = msg;
        c->msgsize *= 2;
    }

    msg = c->msglist + c->msgused;

    /* this wipes msg_iovlen, msg_control, msg_controllen, and
       msg_flags, the last 3 of which aren't defined on solaris: */
    memset(msg, 0, sizeof(struct msghdr));

    msg->msg_iov = &c->iov[c->iovused];

    if (c->request_addr_size > 0) {
        msg->msg_name = &c->request_addr;
        msg->msg_namelen = c->request_addr_size;
    }

    c->msgbytes = 0;
    c->msgused++;

    if (IS_UDP(c->transport)) {
        /* Leave room for the UDP header, which we'll fill in later. */
        return add_iov(c, NULL, UDP_HEADER_SIZE);
    }

    return 0;
}

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.