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CWE-703 — Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions

provenance: imported · CWE: CWE-703

CWE-703: Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions

MITRE CWE weakness

Kind Weakness
Abstraction Pillar
Status Incomplete
Likelihood of exploit

Description

The product does not properly anticipate or handle exceptional conditions that rarely occur during normal operation of the product.

Common consequences

  • Confidentiality, Availability, Integrity: Read Application Data, DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart, Unexpected State

Mitigations

(none listed)

References

  • CWE page: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/703.html
  • CWE list: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/index.html