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Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

ID: 755Date: (C)2012-05-14   (M)2022-10-10
Type: weaknessStatus: INCOMPLETE
Abstraction Type: Class





Description

The software does not handle or incorrectly handles an exceptional condition.

Likelihood of Exploit: Low to Medium

Applicable Platforms
Language Class: Language-Independent

Time Of Introduction

  • Implementation

Common Consequences

ScopeTechnical ImpactNotes
Other
 
Other
 
 

Detection Methods
None

Potential Mitigations
None

Relationships

Related CWETypeViewChain
CWE-755 ChildOf CWE-889 Category CWE-888  

Demonstrative Examples
None

Observed Examples

  1. CVE-2008-4302 : Chain: OS kernel does not properly handle a failure of a function call (CWE-755), leading to an unlock of a resource that was not locked (CWE-832), with resultant crash.

For more examples, refer to CVE relations in the bottom box.

White Box Definitions
None

Black Box Definitions
None

Taxynomy Mappings

TaxynomyIdNameFit
CERT C++ Secure Coding ERR39-CPP
 
Guarantee exception safety
 
 

References:
None

CVE    253
CVE-2021-21439
CVE-2011-2336
CVE-2011-2807
CVE-2011-4625
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