CWE-684 Detail

CWE-684

Name

Incorrect Provision of Specified Functionality

Status

Draft

Published

2008-04-11
00h00 +00:00

Modified

2023-10-26
00h00 +00:00

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Name: Incorrect Provision of Specified Functionality

The code does not function according to its published specifications, potentially leading to incorrect usage.

CWE Description

When providing functionality to an external party, it is important that the product behaves in accordance with the details specified. When requirements of nuances are not documented, the functionality may produce unintended behaviors for the caller, possibly leading to an exploitable state.

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Common Consequences

Scope	Impact	Likelihood
Other	Quality Degradation

Observed Examples

References	Description
CVE-2002-1446	Error checking routine in PKCS#11 library returns "OK" status even when invalid signature is detected, allowing spoofed messages.
CVE-2001-1559	Chain: System call returns wrong value (CWE-393), leading to a resultant NULL dereference (CWE-476).
CVE-2003-0187	Program uses large timeouts on unconfirmed connections resulting from inconsistency in linked lists implementations.
CVE-1999-1446	UI inconsistency; visited URLs list not cleared when "Clear History" option is selected.

Potential Mitigations

Phases : Implementation
Ensure that your code strictly conforms to specifications.

Vulnerability Mapping Notes

Justification : This CWE entry is a Class and might have Base-level children that would be more appropriate
Comment : Examine children of this entry to see if there is a better fit

Submission

Name	Organization	Date	Date release	Version
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2008-04-11 +00:00	2008-04-11 +00:00	Draft 9

Modifications

Name	Organization	Date	Comment
Eric Dalci	Cigital	2008-07-01 +00:00	updated Potential_Mitigations, Time_of_Introduction
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2008-09-08 +00:00	updated Description, Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2008-11-24 +00:00	updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2010-12-13 +00:00	updated Potential_Mitigations
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2011-03-29 +00:00	updated Description, Name
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2011-06-01 +00:00	updated Common_Consequences
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2011-06-27 +00:00	updated Common_Consequences
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2012-05-11 +00:00	updated Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2014-02-18 +00:00	updated Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2014-07-30 +00:00	updated Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2017-11-08 +00:00	updated Relationships, Type
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2019-01-03 +00:00	updated Weakness_Ordinalities
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2020-02-24 +00:00	updated Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2022-04-28 +00:00	updated Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2023-01-31 +00:00	updated Description
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2023-04-27 +00:00	updated Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2023-06-29 +00:00	updated Mapping_Notes
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2023-10-26 +00:00	updated Demonstrative_Examples, Observed_Examples