CWE-166: Improper Handling of Missing Special Element

Base Draft Simple

CWE版本: 4.18

更新日期: 2025-09-09

弱点描述

The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not handle or incorrectly handles when an expected special element is missing.

常见后果

影响范围: Availability

技术影响: DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart

潜在缓解措施

描述: Developers should anticipate that special elements will be removed in the input vectors of their product. Use an appropriate combination of denylists and allowlists to ensure only valid, expected and appropriate input is processed by the system.

阶段: Implementation

策略: Input Validation

阶段: Implementation

策略: Input Validation

描述: Inputs should be decoded and canonicalized to the application's current internal representation before being validated (CWE-180). Make sure that the application does not decode the same input twice (CWE-174). Such errors could be used to bypass allowlist validation schemes by introducing dangerous inputs after they have been checked.

观察示例

参考: CVE-2002-1362

Crash via message type without separator character

参考: CVE-2002-0729

Missing special character (separator) causes crash

参考: CVE-2002-1532

HTTP GET without \r\n\r\n CRLF sequences causes product to wait indefinitely and prevents other users from accessing it

引入模式

阶段 说明
Implementation -

适用平台

编程语言
Not Language-Specific (Undetermined)

分类映射

分类名称 条目ID 条目名称 映射适配度
PLOVER - Missing Special Element -
关键信息

CWE ID: CWE-166

抽象级别: Base

结构: Simple

状态: Draft

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