CWE-394 Detalhe

CWE-394

Unexpected Status Code or Return Value
Draft
2006-07-19
00h00 +00:00
2025-12-11
00h00 +00:00
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Nome: Unexpected Status Code or Return Value

The product does not properly check when a function or operation returns a value that is legitimate for the function, but is not expected by the product.

Informações Gerais

Modos de Introdução

Implementation

Plataformas Aplicáveis

Linguagem

Class: Not Language-Specific (Undetermined)

Consequências Comuns

Escopo Impacto Probabilidade
Integrity
Other
Unexpected State, Alter Execution Logic

Exemplos Observados

Referências Descrição

CVE-2004-1395

Certain packets (zero byte and other lengths) cause a recvfrom call to produce an unexpected return code that causes a server's listening loop to exit.

CVE-2002-2124

Unchecked return code from recv() leads to infinite loop.

CVE-2005-2553

Kernel function does not properly handle when a null is returned by a function call, causing it to call another function that it shouldn't.

CVE-2005-1858

Memory not properly cleared when read() function call returns fewer bytes than expected.

CVE-2000-0536

Bypass access restrictions when connecting from IP whose DNS reverse lookup does not return a hostname.

CVE-2001-0910

Bypass access restrictions when connecting from IP whose DNS reverse lookup does not return a hostname.

CVE-2004-2371

Game server doesn't check return values for functions that handle text strings and associated size values.

CVE-2005-1267

Resultant infinite loop when function call returns -1 value.

Métodos de Detecção

Automated Static Analysis

Automated static analysis, commonly referred to as Static Application Security Testing (SAST), can find some instances of this weakness by analyzing source code (or binary/compiled code) without having to execute it. Typically, this is done by building a model of data flow and control flow, then searching for potentially-vulnerable patterns that connect "sources" (origins of input) with "sinks" (destinations where the data interacts with external components, a lower layer such as the OS, etc.)
Eficácia : High

Notas de Mapeamento de Vulnerabilidade

Justificativa : 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.
Comentário : 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.

Notas

Usually primary, but can be resultant from issues such as behavioral change or API abuse. This can produce resultant vulnerabilities.

Submissão

Nome Organização Data Data de lançamento Version
PLOVER 2006-07-19 +00:00 2006-07-19 +00:00 Draft 3

Modificações

Nome Organização Data Comentário
Eric Dalci Cigital 2008-07-01 +00:00 updated Time_of_Introduction
CWE Content Team MITRE 2008-09-08 +00:00 updated Relationships, Other_Notes, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2009-03-10 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2009-12-28 +00:00 updated Other_Notes, Relationship_Notes
CWE Content Team MITRE 2011-06-01 +00:00 updated Common_Consequences
CWE Content Team MITRE 2011-06-27 +00:00 updated Common_Consequences
CWE Content Team MITRE 2012-05-11 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2014-07-30 +00:00 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2017-11-08 +00:00 updated Applicable_Platforms, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2019-01-03 +00:00 updated Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2020-08-20 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2021-03-15 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-01-31 +00:00 updated Description
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-04-27 +00:00 updated Relationships, Time_of_Introduction
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-06-29 +00:00 updated Mapping_Notes
CWE Content Team MITRE 2025-12-11 +00:00 updated Detection_Factors, Relationships, Weakness_Ordinalities