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CWE-628

Function Call with Incorrectly Specified Arguments

Base
Draft

Description

The product calls a function, procedure, or routine with arguments that are not correctly specified, leading to always-incorrect behavior and resultant weaknesses.

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Common Consequences

Scope

Other
Access Control

Impact

Quality Degradation, Gain Privileges or Assume Identity

Potential Mitigations

Build and Compilation

Once found, these issues are easy to fix. Use code inspection tools and relevant compiler features to identify potential violations. Pay special attention to code that is not likely to be exercised heavily during QA.

Architecture and Design

Make sure your API's are stable before you use them in production code.

CVE-2006-7049

The method calls the functions with the wrong argument order, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.

Applicable Platforms

Not Language-Specific

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