CWE-228

Improper Handling of Syntactically Invalid Structure
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The product does not handle or incorrectly handles input that is not syntactically well-formed with respect to the associated specification.

Status
incomplete
Abstraction
class

Common Consequences

integrity availability
Impacts
unexpected state dos: crash, exit, or restart dos: resource consumption (cpu)

Detection Methods

automated static analysis

Potential Mitigations