CWE-687

Variant 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
Function Call With Incorrectly Specified Argument Value

Description

The product calls a function, procedure, or routine, but the caller specifies an argument that contains the wrong value, which may lead to resultant weaknesses.

Top Monitored CVEs

CVE-2024-36985
HIGH
8.8 6.5%
2024-07-01

Consequences

Other — Quality Degradation

Detection

Manual Static Analysis

This might require an understanding of intended program behavior or design to determine whether the value is incorrect.