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Description
The product does not handle or incorrectly handles input that is not syntactically well-formed with respect to the associated specification.
Modes of Introduction:
– Implementation
Related Weaknesses
Consequences
Integrity, Availability: Unexpected State, DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart, DoS: Resource Consumption (CPU)
If an input is syntactically invalid, then processing the input could place the system in an unexpected state that could lead to a crash, consume available system resources or other unintended behaviors.