Variant weakness
Draft
CWE-238: Improper Handling of Incomplete Structural Elements
The product does not handle or incorrectly handles when a particular structural element is not completely specified.
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Recorded CVEs
With this primary weakness
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KEVs
In the CISA KEV catalog
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Likelihood of exploit
Per MITRE
Variant
Abstraction
MITRE classification
Overview
CWE-238 (Improper Handling of Incomplete Structural Elements) is a variant-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-238 is exploited.
Unexpected State
Affects: Integrity
How it happens
When it is introduced
Typically introduced during these phases of the software lifecycle.
Implementation
Terminology & mappings
Mapped taxonomies
- PLOVER: Missing Element Error