CWE-1284: Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input

ID CWE-1284

Abstraction Base

Structure Simple

Status Incomplete

Number of CVEs 95

The product receives input that is expected to specify a quantity (such as size or length), but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the quantity has the required properties.

Specified quantities include size, length, frequency, price, rate, number of operations, time, and others. Code may rely on specified quantities to allocate resources, perform calculations, control iteration, etc. When the quantity is not properly validated, then attackers can specify malicious quantities to cause excessive resource allocation, trigger unexpected failures, enable buffer overflows, etc.

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Applicable Platforms

Type	Class	Name	Prevalence
Language	Not Language-Specific

Relationships

View			Weakness
# ID	View	Status	# ID	Name	Abstraction	Structure	Status
CWE-1000	Research Concepts	Draft	CWE-20	Improper Input Validation	Class	Simple	Stable
CWE-1003	Weaknesses for Simplified Mapping of Published Vulnerabilities	Incomplete	CWE-20	Improper Input Validation	Class	Simple	Stable
CWE-1000	Research Concepts	Draft	CWE-789	Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value	Variant	Simple	Draft

CVEs Published

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