CWE-1093: Excessively Complex Data Representation
The product uses an unnecessarily complex internal representation for its data structures or interrelationships between those structures.
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Overview
CWE-1093 (Excessively Complex Data Representation) is a class-level software weakness catalogued by MITRE in the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE). It describes a recurring type of mistake that can lead to exploitable security vulnerabilities.
Common consequences
What can happen when CWE-1093 is exploited.
Reduce Maintainability, Increase Analytical Complexity
Affects: Other
This issue makes it more difficult to understand or maintain the product, which indirectly affects security by making it more difficult or time-consuming to find and/or fix vulnerabilities. It also might make it easier to introduce vulnerabilities.
Reduce Performance
Affects: Other
How it happens
When it is introduced
Typically introduced during these phases of the software lifecycle.