CWE-797 — Only Filtering Special Elements at an Absolute Position
CWE-797: Only Filtering Special Elements at an Absolute Position
MITRE CWE weakness
| Kind | Weakness |
| Abstraction | Variant |
| Status | Incomplete |
| Likelihood of exploit | — |
Description
The product receives data from an upstream component, but only accounts for special elements at an absolute position (e.g. "byte number 10"), thereby missing remaining special elements that may exist before sending it to a downstream component.
Common consequences
- Integrity: Unexpected State
Mitigations
(none listed)
References
- CWE page: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/797.html
- CWE list: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/index.html