CWE-755 Detail

CWE-755

Name

Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

Likelihood

Medium

Status

Incomplete

Published

2009-03-10
00h00 +00:00

Modified

2024-02-29
00h00 +00:00

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Name: Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

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

General Informations

Modes Of Introduction

Implementation : REALIZATION: This weakness is caused during implementation of an architectural security tactic.

Applicable Platforms

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Class: Not Language-Specific (Undetermined)

Common Consequences

Scope	Impact	Likelihood
Other	Other

Observed Examples

References	Description
CVE-2023-41151	SDK for OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA) server has uncaught exception when a socket is blocked for writing but the server tries to send an error
[REF-1374]	Chain: JavaScript-based cryptocurrency library can fall back to the insecure Math.random() function instead of reporting a failure (CWE-392), thus reducing the entropy (CWE-332) and leading to generation of non-unique cryptographic keys for Bitcoin wallets (CWE-1391)
CVE-2021-3011	virtual interrupt controller in a virtualization product allows crash of host by writing a certain invalid value to a register, which triggers a fatal error instead of returning an error code
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.

Vulnerability Mapping Notes

Justification : This CWE entry is a level-1 Class (i.e., a child of a Pillar). It might have lower-level children that would be more appropriate
Comment : Examine children of this entry to see if there is a better fit

References

REF-1374

Randstorm: You Can't Patch a House of Cards
Unciphered.
https://www.unciphered.com/blog/randstorm-you-cant-patch-a-house-of-cards

Submission

Name	Organization	Date	Date release	Version
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2009-03-03 +00:00	2009-03-10 +00:00	1.3

Modifications

Name	Organization	Date	Comment
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2009-12-28 +00:00	updated Applicable_Platforms, Likelihood_of_Exploit, Time_of_Introduction
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2010-12-13 +00:00	updated Description, Observed_Examples
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2011-03-29 +00:00	updated Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2011-06-01 +00:00	updated Common_Consequences
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2011-09-13 +00:00	updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2012-05-11 +00:00	updated Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2014-07-30 +00:00	updated Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2017-01-19 +00:00	updated Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2017-11-08 +00:00	updated Likelihood_of_Exploit, Modes_of_Introduction, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2019-06-20 +00:00	updated Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2020-02-24 +00:00	updated Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2020-06-25 +00:00	updated Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2021-10-28 +00:00	updated Observed_Examples
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2022-04-28 +00:00	updated Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2023-01-31 +00:00	updated Description, Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2023-04-27 +00:00	updated Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2023-06-29 +00:00	updated Mapping_Notes, Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2024-02-29 +00:00	updated Demonstrative_Examples, Mapping_Notes, Observed_Examples, References, Relationships