CWE-431

Missing Handler
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A handler is not available or implemented.

Status
draft
Abstraction
base

When an exception is thrown and not caught, the process has given up an opportunity to decide if a given failure or event is worth a change in execution.

Common Consequences

other
Impacts
varies by context

Potential Mitigations

Phases:
implementation
Descriptions:
• If an operation can throw an Exception, implement a handler for that specific exception.
• Handle all possible situations (e.g. error condition).