CWE Grouping: CERT C Secure Coding Standard (2008) Chapter 13 - Error Handling (ERR)
Grouping ID: 746
Vulnerability Mapping:PROHIBITEDThis CWE ID must not be used to map to real-world vulnerabilities
Summary
Weaknesses in this category are related to the rules and recommendations in the Error Handling (ERR) chapter of the CERT C Secure Coding Standard (2008).
Membership
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View - a subset of CWE entries that provides a way of examining CWE content. The two main view structures are Slices (flat lists) and Graphs (containing relationships between entries).
Class - a weakness that is described in a very abstract fashion, typically independent of any specific language or technology. More specific than a Pillar Weakness, but more general than a Base Weakness. Class level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 1 or 2 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, and resource.
Base - a weakness that is still mostly independent of a resource or technology, but with sufficient details to provide specific methods for detection and prevention. Base level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 2 or 3 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.
Base - a weakness that is still mostly independent of a resource or technology, but with sufficient details to provide specific methods for detection and prevention. Base level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 2 or 3 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.
Class - a weakness that is described in a very abstract fashion, typically independent of any specific language or technology. More specific than a Pillar Weakness, but more general than a Base Weakness. Class level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 1 or 2 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, and resource.
(this CWE ID must not be used to map to real-world vulnerabilities)
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Grouping
Rationale
This entry is a Grouping. Using groupings for mapping has been discouraged since 2019. They are informal organizational groupings of weaknesses that can help CWE users with data aggregation, navigation, and browsing. However, they are not weaknesses in themselves.
Comments
See member weaknesses of this category.
Notes
Relationship
In the 2008 version of the CERT C Secure Coding standard, the following rules were mapped to the following CWE IDs:
CWE-20 ERR07-C Prefer functions that support error checking over equivalent functions that don't
CWE-391 ERR00-C Adopt and implement a consistent and comprehensive error-handling policy
CWE-544 ERR00-C Adopt and implement a consistent and comprehensive error-handling policy
CWE-676 ERR07-C Prefer functions that support error checking over equivalent functions that don't
CWE-705 ERR04-C Choose an appropriate termination strategy
References
[REF-597] Robert C. Seacord. "The CERT C Secure Coding Standard". 1st Edition. Addison-Wesley Professional. 2008-10-14.
Content
History
Submissions
Submission Date
Submitter
Organization
2008-11-24
(CWE 1.1, 2008-11-24)
CWE Content Team
MITRE
Modifications
Modification Date
Modifier
Organization
2026-10-28
(CWE 5.0, 2026-10-28)
CWE Content Team
MITRE
updated Mapping_Notes, Type
2023-06-29
(CWE 4.12, 2023-06-29)
CWE Content Team
MITRE
updated Mapping_Notes
2023-04-27
(CWE 4.11, 2023-04-27)
CWE Content Team
MITRE
updated Mapping_Notes
2019-01-03
(CWE 3.2, 2019-01-03)
CWE Content Team
MITRE
updated Description, Name, References
2017-11-08
(CWE 3.0, 2017-11-08)
CWE Content Team
MITRE
updated Description, Name, Relationship_Notes
Previous Entry Names
Change Date
Previous Entry Name
2017-11-08
CERT C Secure Coding Section 12 - Error Handling (ERR)
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