Category: 2009 Top 25 - Risky Resource Management
Obsolete
Summary
Weaknesses in this category are listed in the "Risky Resource Management" section of the 2009 CWE/SANS Top 25 Programming Errors.
Membership
| ID | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CWE-119 | Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer | This vulnerability occurs when software accesses a memory buffer but reads from or writes to a location outside its allocated boundary. This can corrupt adjacent data, crash the program, or allow attackers to execute arbitrary code. |
| CWE-404 | Improper Resource Shutdown or Release | This vulnerability occurs when a program fails to properly close or release a system resource—like a file handle, database connection, or memory block—after it's no longer needed, preventing its reuse. |
| CWE-426 | Untrusted Search Path | This vulnerability occurs when an application relies on an external search path, provided by a user or environment, to find and load critical resources like executables or libraries. Because the application does not fully control this path, an attacker can manipulate it to point to malicious files. |
| CWE-494 | Download of Code Without Integrity Check | This vulnerability occurs when an application fetches and runs code from an external source—like a remote server or CDN—without properly verifying where it came from or ensuring it hasn't been tampered with. |
| CWE-642 | External Control of Critical State Data | This vulnerability occurs when an application stores security-sensitive state data in locations that unauthorized users can access and modify. |
| CWE-665 | Improper Initialization | This vulnerability occurs when software fails to properly set up a resource before use, or provides incorrect starting values, leaving it in an unpredictable and potentially dangerous state. |
| CWE-682 | Incorrect Calculation | This vulnerability occurs when software performs a calculation that produces wrong or unexpected results, which are then used to make security decisions or manage critical resources. |
| CWE-73 | External Control of File Name or Path | This vulnerability occurs when an application uses unvalidated user input to construct file or directory paths for filesystem operations. |
| CWE-94 | Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') | This vulnerability occurs when an application builds executable code using unvalidated external input, such as user data. Because the application fails to properly filter or escape this input, an attacker can inject special characters or commands that alter the intended code's logic or syntax. |
| CWE-750 | Weaknesses in the 2009 CWE/SANS Top 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors | CWE entries in this view (graph) are listed in the 2009 CWE/SANS Top 25 Programming Errors. This view is considered obsolete as a newer version of the Top 25 is available. |
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