Improper Handling of Inconsistent Special Elements
The software does not properly handle input in which an inconsistency exists between two or more special characters or reserved words.
Description
An example of this problem would be if paired characters appear in the wrong order, or if the special characters are not properly nested.
See Also
This category identifies Software Fault Patterns (SFPs) within the Faulty Input Transformation cluster.
Weaknesses in this category are typically found in functionality that processes data. Data processing is the manipulation of input to retrieve or save information.
This view (slice) covers all the elements in CWE.
CWE identifiers in this view are weaknesses that do not have associated Software Fault Patterns (SFPs), as covered by the CWE-888 view. As such, they represent gaps in...
This view (slice) lists weaknesses that can be introduced during implementation.
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