CWE-168—Improper Handling of Inconsistent Special Elements

Weakness Name

Improper Handling of Inconsistent Special Elements

Description

The product does not properly handle input in which an inconsistency exists between two or more special characters or reserved words.

An example of this problem would be if paired characters appear in the wrong order, or if the special characters are not properly nested.

Common Consequences

Scope:

Availability, Access Control, Non-Repudiation

Impact:

DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart, Bypass Protection Mechanism, Hide Activities

Related Weaknesses

• CWE-159Improper Handling of Invalid Use of Special Elements
• CWE-228Improper Handling of Syntactically Invalid Structure