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CWE-1114Inappropriate Whitespace Style

Category: other

Description

The source code contains whitespace that is inconsistent across the code or does not follow expected standards for the product.

Common consequences· 2

  • Other — Increase Analytical Complexity
    A human auditor might indirectly trust that whitespace (especially indentation) reflects the actual control flow of the code, which could make it more difficult to find vulnerabilities.
  • Other — Reduce Maintainability
    This issue makes it more difficult to understand and maintain the product, which indirectly affects security by making it more difficult or time-consuming to find and/or fix vulnerabilities.

References

  1. https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/1114.html

Related by meaning· 6

Nearest entities by semantic similarity across the cs-graph corpus.

CWE
Inappropriate Source Code Style or Formatting
CWE
Inappropriate Comment Style
CWE
Inaccurate Source Code Comments
CWE
Insufficient Adherence to Expected Conventions
CWE
Improper Adherence to Coding Standards
CWE
Improper Neutralization of Whitespace
Sourced from MITRE CWE 4.20. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.