Vulnerability Mapping Notes
Rationale : This entry is a View. Views are not weaknesses and therefore inappropriate to describe the root causes of vulnerabilities.
Comments : Use this View or other Views to search and navigate for the appropriate weakness.
Notes
The top level categories in this view represent commonly understood areas/terms within software development, and are meant to aid the user in identifying potential related weaknesses. It is possible for the same weakness to exist within multiple different categories.
This view attempts to present weaknesses in a simple and intuitive way. As such it targets a single level of abstraction. It is important to realize that not every CWE will be represented in this view. High-level class weaknesses and low-level variant weaknesses are mostly ignored. However, by exploring the weaknesses that are included, and following the defined relationships, one can find these higher and lower level weaknesses.
Audience
Stakeholder |
Description |
Software Developers |
Software developers (including architects, designers, coders, and testers) use this view to better understand potential mistakes that can be made in specific areas of their software application. The use of concepts that developers are familiar with makes it easier to navigate this view, and filtering by Modes of Introduction can enable focus on a specific phase of the development lifecycle. |
Educators |
Educators use this view to teach future developers about the types of mistakes that are commonly made within specific parts of a codebase. |
Submission
Name |
Organization |
Date |
Date Release |
Version |
CWE Content Team |
MITRE |
2008-09-09 +00:00 |
2008-09-09 +00:00 |
1.0 |
Modifications
Name |
Organization |
Date |
Comment |
CWE Content Team |
MITRE |
2017-01-19 +00:00 |
updated Maintenance_Notes, Relationships |
CWE Content Team |
MITRE |
2017-05-03 +00:00 |
updated Relationships |
CWE Content Team |
MITRE |
2017-11-08 +00:00 |
updated Maintenance_Notes, Relationships |
CWE Content Team |
MITRE |
2018-03-27 +00:00 |
updated Description, View_Audience |
CWE Content Team |
MITRE |
2020-02-24 +00:00 |
updated Description, Name, Other_Notes, Relationships, View_Audience |
CWE Content Team |
MITRE |
2020-08-20 +00:00 |
updated Relationships |
CWE Content Team |
MITRE |
2023-06-29 +00:00 |
updated Mapping_Notes |