CWEweakness
CWE-1043 Data Element Aggregating an Excessively Large Number of Non-Primitive Elements
- Abstraction
- Base
- Structure
- Simple
- Status
- Incomplete
- Languages
- Not Language-Specific
- CWE version
- 5.0
Description
The product uses a data element that has an excessively large
number of sub-elements with non-primitive data types such as structures or aggregated objects.
Common consequences
• Other: Reduce Performance — This issue can make the product perform more slowly. If the relevant code is reachable by an attacker, then this performance problem might introduce a vulnerability.
Detection methods
• Automated Static Analysis: Automated static analysis, commonly referred to as Static Application Security Testing (SAST), can find some instances of this weakness by analyzing source code (or binary/compiled code) without having to execute it. Typically, this is done by building a model of data flow and control flow, then searching for potentially-vulnerable patterns that connect "sources" (origins of input) with "sinks" (destinations where the data interacts with external components, a lower layer such as the OS, etc.)
Related
Child of · CWE (1)
- CWE-1093 Excessively Complex Data Representation weakness