CWE-248

Uncaught Exception

Base

Draft

An exception is thrown from a function, but it is not caught.

When an exception is not caught, it may cause the program to crash or expose sensitive information.

Parent Weaknesses (ChildOf)

Scope

Availability

Confidentiality

Impact

DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart, Read Application Data

SDK for OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA) server has uncaught exception when a socket is blocked for writing but the server tries to send an error

Java code in a smartphone OS can encounter a "boot loop" due to an uncaught exception

C++

Java

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