CWE WEAKNESSES / CWE-755
CWE-755
Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions
Class EXPLOIT LIKELIHOOD: MEDIUM
What it is
The product does not handle or incorrectly handles an exceptional condition.
Impact
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Real-world CVE examples
- 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
- 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 ins
- 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 resulta
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Source: MITRE CWE. View on cwe.mitre.org →