Weakness · Medium

CWE-1069: Empty Exception Block

What it is

An invokable code block contains an exception handling block that does not contain any code, i.e. is empty.

MITRE CWE 4.19.1

Severity (our rating)
Medium
Likelihood of exploit
Not rated by MITRE
Introduced during
Implementation
Exploited in the wild
No CVE in CISA's catalog

What an attacker can do

  • Reduce Reliability (Other)

How to prevent it

Implementation

  • For every exception block add code that handles the specific exception in the way intended by the application.

CWE-1069 on MITRE's CWE site

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Source: MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration, CWE version 4.19.1. CWE is a trademark of The MITRE Corporation.