Detail CWE-395

Catching NullPointerException should not be used as an alternative to programmatic checks to prevent dereferencing a null pointer.

Mode Pengenalan

Implementation

Platform yang Berlaku

Bahasa

Nama: Java (Undetermined)

Konsekuensi Umum

Mitigasi yang Memungkinkan

Phases : Architecture and Design // Implementation
Do not extensively rely on catching exceptions (especially for validating user input) to handle errors. Handling exceptions can decrease the performance of an application.

Metode Deteksi

Automated Static Analysis - Binary or Bytecode

Efektivitas : SOAR Partial

Dynamic Analysis with Manual Results Interpretation

Efektivitas : SOAR Partial

Manual Static Analysis - Source Code

Efektivitas : SOAR Partial

Automated Static Analysis - Source Code

Efektivitas : High

Architecture or Design Review

Efektivitas : High

Catatan Pemetaan Kerentanan

Justifikasi : This CWE entry is at the Base level of abstraction, which is a preferred level of abstraction for mapping to the root causes of vulnerabilities.
Komentar : Carefully read both the name and description to ensure that this mapping is an appropriate fit. Do not try to 'force' a mapping to a lower-level Base/Variant simply to comply with this preferred level of abstraction.

Referensi

REF-6

Seven Pernicious Kingdoms: A Taxonomy of Software Security Errors
Katrina Tsipenyuk, Brian Chess, Gary McGraw.
https://cwe.mitre.org/documents/sources/SevenPerniciousKingdoms.pdf

REF-1479

State-of-the-Art Resources (SOAR) for Software Vulnerability Detection, Test, and Evaluation
Gregory Larsen, E. Kenneth Hong Fong, David A. Wheeler, Rama S. Moorthy.
https://www.ida.org/-/media/feature/publications/s/st/stateoftheart-resources-soar-for-software-vulnerability-detection-test-and-evaluation/p-5061.ashx

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