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CWE-248Uncaught Exception

Category: other

Description

An exception is thrown from a function, but it is not caught. When an exception is not caught, it may cause the program to crash or expose sensitive information.

Common consequences· 1

  • Availability / Confidentiality — DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart, Read Application Data
    An uncaught exception could cause the system to be placed in a state that could lead to a crash, exposure of sensitive information or other unintended behaviors.

References

  1. https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/248.html

(incoming)3

TypeTargetConfidenceTier
VulnerabilityCVE-2025-67647cve-2025-676470%live
VulnerabilityCVE-2026-33191cve-2026-331910%live
VulnerabilityCVE-2026-44001cve-2026-440010%live

Related by meaning· 6

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

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Missing Handler
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Empty Exception Block
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Return Inside Finally Block
Sourced from MITRE CWE 4.20. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.