COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATIONDeprecated

CWE-516

DEPRECATED: Covert Timing Channel

This weakness can be found at CWE-385.

Abstraction

Base

Structure

Simple

Likelihood of Exploit

Medium

Understand the problem

What is the problem?

This weakness can be found at CWE-385.

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.