CWE-544

Missing Standardized Error Handling Mechanism
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The product does not use a standardized method for handling errors throughout the code, which might introduce inconsistent error handling and resultant weaknesses.

Status
draft
Abstraction
base

If the product handles error messages individually, on a one-by-one basis, this is likely to result in inconsistent error handling. The causes of errors may be lost. Also, detailed information about the causes of an error may be unintentionally returned to the user.

Common Consequences

integrity other
Impacts
quality degradation unexpected state varies by context

Potential Mitigations

Phases:
architecture and design
Descriptions:
• define a strategy for handling errors of different severities, such as fatal errors versus basic log events. Use or create built-in language features, or an external package, that provides an easy-to-use API and define coding standards for the detection and handling of errors.