Description
The product does not clean up its state or incorrectly cleans up its state when an exception is thrown, leading to unexpected state or control flow.
Often, when functions or loops become complicated, some level of resource cleanup is needed throughout execution. Exceptions can disturb the flow of the code and prevent the necessary cleanup from happening.
Modes of Introduction:
– Implementation
Likelihood of Exploit: Medium
Related Weaknesses
CWE-459
CWE-755
Consequences
Other: Varies by Context
The code could be left in a bad state.
Potential Mitigations
Phase: Implementation
Description:
If one breaks from a loop or function by throwing an exception, make sure that cleanup happens or that you should exit the program. Use throwing exceptions sparsely.
CVE References
