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Use of Potentially Dangerous Function

CWE-676 · Base · Draft

The product invokes a potentially dangerous function that could introduce a vulnerability if it is used incorrectly, but the function can also be used safely.

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Weakness Relationships

Where this weakness sits in the CWE hierarchy. Walk up to broader classes or down to more specific variants.
Parent of this (broader)
ChildOfCWE-1177 · Use of Prohibited Code
Children (more specific)
ParentOfCWE-785 · Use of Path Manipulation Function without Maximum-sized Buffer
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CVEs With This Weakness

7
CVEs tagged with this weakness.
CVECVE-2025-67604
CVECVE-2025-65117
CVECVE-2024-50307
CVECVE-2024-38434
CVECVE-2024-37387
CVECVE-2022-39063
CVECVE-2021-27474
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