CWE-239

Failure to Handle Incomplete Element

Variant

Draft

The product does not properly handle when a particular element is not completely specified.

Parent Weaknesses (ChildOf)

Related Weaknesses

Scope

Integrity

Other

Impact

Varies by Context, Unexpected State

HTTP GET without \r\n\r\n CRLF sequences causes product to wait indefinitely and prevents other users from accessing it.

Partial request is not timed out.

MFV. CPU exhaustion in printer via partial printing request then early termination of connection.

CPU consumption by sending incomplete HTTP requests and leaving the connections open.

Not Language-Specific

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