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CWE-666 Operation on a Resource in the Wrong Lifetime Phase
Using a resource before it is ready or after it is released causes corruption and crashes. Know the lifecycle of every resource you touch.
Oct 18, 20262 min read
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CWE-665 Improper Initialization: Causes, Risks and Fixes
Variables and buffers left unset or set wrong can leak memory contents, skip security checks or crash a program. Learn where it bites and how to prevent it.
Oct 18, 20265 min read
Application Security
CWE-664 Improper Control of a Resource Through Its Lifetime
Files, memory, locks and objects all have a lifecycle. CWE-664 is the parent of the bugs that happen when code ignores it, from leaks to use after free.
Oct 18, 20265 min read
Application Security
CWE-663 Non-Reentrant Functions in Concurrent Code and Signals
Calling a function that keeps internal state from a signal handler or a second thread can corrupt memory or crash the program. Use reentrant calls or add locking.
Oct 18, 20263 min read
Application Security
CWE-662 Improper Synchronization in Concurrent Code
Shared resources touched by several threads or processes without proper coordination cause corruption, crashes and security bugs. Here is how to spot and fix it.
Oct 18, 20264 min read
Application Security
CWE-66 Virtual Resource File Names: How It Happens and Fixes
Some file names are aliases for things that are not files. When software treats them as ordinary files, it can leak source code or crash. This is CWE-66.
Oct 18, 20263 min read
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CWE-657 Violation of Secure Design Principles
Design flaws are expensive to fix after the code ships. What CWE-657 covers, the CVEs MITRE ties to it, and how to review designs earlier.
Oct 18, 20263 min read
Application Security
CWE-656 Reliance on Security Through Obscurity
Hidden form fields, hard-coded keys and secret algorithms fail once someone looks. Real examples from MITRE and what to use instead.
Oct 18, 20263 min read
Application Security
CWE-655 Insufficient Psychological Acceptability
A security control people find too hard to use gets turned off or worked around. Usability is part of whether a protection actually protects.
Oct 18, 20262 min read
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