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CWE-230
Improper Handling of Missing Values
Variant
Draft
Description
The product does not handle or incorrectly handles when a parameter, field, or argument name is specified, but the associated value is missing, i.e. it is empty, blank, or null.
Parent Weaknesses (ChildOf)
Common Consequences
Scope
Integrity
Impact
Unexpected State
CVE-2002-0422Blank Host header triggers resultant infoleak.
CVE-2000-1006Blank "charset" attribute in MIME header triggers crash.
CVE-2004-1504Blank parameter causes external error infoleak.
CVE-2005-2053Blank parameter causes external error infoleak.
Applicable Platforms
Not Language-Specific
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