COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATIONDraft

CWE-239

Failure to Handle Incomplete Element

The product does not properly handle when a particular element is not completely specified.

Abstraction

Variant

Structure

Simple

Likelihood of Exploit

Medium

Understand the problem

What is the problem?

The product does not properly handle when a particular element is not completely specified.

Root cause

How and when does the problem arise?

Lifecycle phase

Implementation

Risk

What does successful exploitation lead to?

Varies by ContextUnexpected State

Affected security scopes: Integrity, Other

Defence

How is it prevented and fixed?

  • Follow secure coding guidelines for input handling and boundary checking.
  • Enforce strict security reviews and automated static analysis (SAST) checks.