Weakness · Medium
CWE-1127: Compilation with Insufficient Warnings or Errors
What it is
The code is compiled without sufficient warnings enabled, which may prevent the detection of subtle bugs or quality issues.
- Severity (our rating)
- Medium
- Likelihood of exploit
- Not rated by MITRE
- Introduced during
- Build and Compilation
- Exploited in the wild
- No CVE in CISA's catalog
What an attacker can do
- Reduce Maintainability (Other)
How to prevent it
MITRE lists no specific mitigation for this weakness. Treat it like its parent weaknesses below: validate input, keep the design simple and review the code where it could appear.
How to find it
- Manual Analysis. Inspect scripts and tools that invoke the compiler. Ensure that the appropriate command line switches and/or configuration are specified to report warnings and errors.
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