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CWE-1118 — Insufficient Documentation of Error Handling Techniques

provenance: imported · CWE: CWE-1118

CWE-1118: Insufficient Documentation of Error Handling Techniques

MITRE CWE weakness

Kind Weakness
Abstraction Base
Status Incomplete
Likelihood of exploit

Description

The documentation does not sufficiently describe the techniques that are used for error handling, exception processing, or similar mechanisms.

Documentation may need to cover error handling techniques at multiple layers, such as module, executable, compilable code unit, or callable.

Common consequences

  • Other: Reduce Maintainability

Mitigations

(none listed)

References

  • CWE page: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/1118.html
  • CWE list: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/index.html