CWE-228 — Improper Handling of Syntactically Invalid Structure
CWE-228: Improper Handling of Syntactically Invalid Structure
MITRE CWE weakness
| Kind | Weakness |
| Abstraction | Class |
| Status | Incomplete |
| Likelihood of exploit | — |
Description
The product does not handle or incorrectly handles input that is not syntactically well-formed with respect to the associated specification.
Common consequences
- Integrity, Availability: Unexpected State, DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart, DoS: Resource Consumption (CPU)
Mitigations
(none listed)
References
- CWE page: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/228.html
- CWE list: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/index.html
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