CWE-392

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 Draft 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
Missing Report of Error Condition

Description

The product encounters an error but does not provide a status code or return value to indicate that an error has occurred.

Consequences

Integrity, Other — Varies by Context, Unexpected State

Errors that are not properly reported could place the system in an unexpected state that could lead to unintended behaviors.