CWE-172: Encoding Error
Description
The product does not properly encode or decode the data, resulting in unexpected values.
Submission Date :
July 19, 2006, midnight
Modification Date :
2023-10-26 00:00:00+00:00
Organization :
MITRE
Related Weaknesses
This table shows the weaknesses and high level categories that are related to this weakness. These relationships are defined to give an overview of the different insight to similar items that may exist at higher and lower levels of abstraction.
CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
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CWE-41: Improper Resolution of Path Equivalence
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CWE-173: Improper Handling of Alternate Encoding
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CWE-174: Double Decoding of the Same Data
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CWE-175: Improper Handling of Mixed Encoding
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CWE-176: Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding
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CWE-177: Improper Handling of URL Encoding (Hex Encoding)
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CWE-707: Improper Neutralization
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