CWE-1118β€”Insufficient Documentation of Error Handling Techniques

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released 2019-01-03 Β· last modified 2025-12-11

Metadata

CWE ID:
CWE-1118
Abstraction:
Base
Structure:
Simple
Status:
Incomplete
Release Date:
2019-01-03
Latest Modification Date:
2025-12-11

Weakness Name

Insufficient Documentation of Error Handling Techniques

Description

The documentation does not sufficiently describe the techniques that are used for error handling, exception processing, or similar mechanisms.

Documentation may need to cover error handling techniques at multiple layers, such as module, executable, compilable code unit, or callable.

Common Consequences

Scope:
Other
Impact:
Reduce Maintainability

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