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Improper Adherence to Coding Standards

CWE-710 · Pillar · Incomplete

The product does not follow certain coding rules for development, which can lead to resultant weaknesses or increase the severity of the associated vulnerabilities.

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Weakness Relationships

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Children (more specific)
ParentOfCWE-1041 · Use of Redundant Code
ParentOfCWE-1044 · Architecture with Number of Horizontal Layers Outside of Expected Range
ParentOfCWE-1048 · Invokable Control Element with Large Number of Outward Calls
ParentOfCWE-1059 · Insufficient Technical Documentation
ParentOfCWE-1061 · Insufficient Encapsulation
ParentOfCWE-1065 · Runtime Resource Management Control Element in a Component Built to Run on Application Servers
ParentOfCWE-1066 · Missing Serialization Control Element
ParentOfCWE-1068 · Inconsistency Between Implementation and Documented Design
ParentOfCWE-1076 · Insufficient Adherence to Expected Conventions
ParentOfCWE-1092 · Use of Same Invokable Control Element in Multiple Architectural Layers
ParentOfCWE-1093 · Excessively Complex Data Representation
ParentOfCWE-1101 · Reliance on Runtime Component in Generated Code
ParentOfCWE-1120 · Excessive Code Complexity
ParentOfCWE-1126 · Declaration of Variable with Unnecessarily Wide Scope
ParentOfCWE-1127 · Compilation with Insufficient Warnings or Errors
ParentOfCWE-1164 · Irrelevant Code
ParentOfCWE-1177 · Use of Prohibited Code
ParentOfCWE-1209 · Failure to Disable Reserved Bits
ParentOfCWE-1357 · Reliance on Insufficiently Trustworthy Component
ParentOfCWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference
ParentOfCWE-477 · Use of Obsolete Function
ParentOfCWE-484 · Omitted Break Statement in Switch
ParentOfCWE-489 · Active Debug Code
ParentOfCWE-570 · Expression is Always False
ParentOfCWE-571 · Expression is Always True
ParentOfCWE-573 · Improper Following of Specification by Caller
ParentOfCWE-657 · Violation of Secure Design Principles
ParentOfCWE-684 · Incorrect Provision of Specified Functionality
ParentOfCWE-758 · Reliance on Undefined, Unspecified, or Implementation-Defined Behavior
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CVEs With This Weakness

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CVEs tagged with this weakness.
CVECVE-2025-0007
CVECVE-2023-30961
CVECVE-2021-33528
CVECVE-2021-27501
CVECVE-2020-1613
CVECVE-2020-1603
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