SFP Secondary Cluster: Ambiguous Exception Type
A category in the Common Weakness Enumeration published by The MITRE Corporation.
Summary
Categories in the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) group entries based on some common characteristic or attribute.
This category identifies Software Fault Patterns (SFPs) within the Ambiguous Exception Type cluster (SFP5).
Weaknesses
Catching overly broad exceptions promotes complex error handling code that is more likely to contain security vulnerabilities.
Throwing overly broad exceptions promotes complex error handling code that is more likely to contain security vulnerabilities.
Concepts
CWE identifiers in this view are associated with clusters of Software Fault Patterns (SFPs).
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