CWE-1118

Base Abstraction Level
Pillar — Highest-level weakness category
Class — Abstract, language-independent
Base — Specific enough to detect
Variant — Tied to specific technology
Compound — Requires multiple weaknesses
Incomplete MITRE CWE Status
Stable — Fully reviewed and complete
Draft — Under development, may change
Incomplete — Partially defined by MITRE
Deprecated — No longer recommended
Obsolete — Replaced by another CWE
Insufficient Documentation of Error Handling Techniques

Description

The documentation does not sufficiently describe the techniques that are used for error handling, exception processing, or similar mechanisms.

Documentation may need to cover error handling techniques at multiple layers, such as module, executable, compilable code unit, or callable.

Consequences

Other — Reduce Maintainability