Missing Report of Error Condition

Opis

The product encounters an error but does not provide a status code or return value to indicate that an error has occurred.

Skutki

• Integrity, Other

  Varies by Context; Unexpected State

  Errors that are not properly reported could place the system in an unexpected state that could lead to unintended behaviors.

Przykłady podatności

• CVE-2024-52316 Web-based product can throw an exception during authentication but does not report the failure in the HTTP status code, allowing authentication bypass.
• CVE-2004-0063 Function returns "OK" even if another function returns a different status code than expected, leading to accepting an invalid PIN number.
• CVE-2002-1446 Error checking routine in PKCS#11 library returns "OK" status even when invalid signature is detected, allowing spoofed messages.
• CVE-2002-0499 Kernel function truncates long pathnames without generating an error, leading to operation on wrong directory.
• CVE-2005-2459 Function returns non-error value when a particular erroneous condition is encountered, leading to resultant NULL dereference.

Słabość nadrzędna

• CWE-755 Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions
• CWE-684 Incorrect Provision of Specified Functionality
• CWE-703 Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions

Kiedy powstaje

• Implementation

Dotyczy

Not Language-Specific

Źródła

1. Randstorm: You Can't Patch a House of Cards — Unciphered, 2023