CWE-182 3 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-182: Collapse of Data into Unsafe Value

Overview

CWE-182 (Collapse of Data into Unsafe Value) documents a weakness type used across vulnerability databases and security assessments. Use the sections below for definition, context, and mapped CVEs.

Security impact
Security impact: Depends on product and context; use CVE records, severity scores, and MITRE guidance to prioritize.

Description

The product filters data in a way that causes it to be reduced or "collapsed" into an unsafe value that violates an expected security property.

Applicable platforms

Kind Name Class Prevalence OS / CPE
language Not Language-Specific Undetermined
technology Not Technology-Specific Undetermined

Related CVEs in this database

These CVEs are mapped to this weakness in this database and kept for traceability and search.

CVE Published Summary
CVE-2026-47241 2026-06-22 Net::IMAP implements Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) client functionality in Ruby. Prior to 0.6.5 and 0.5.15, several Net::IMAP commands accept a raw string argument which is only validated to…
CVE-2024-25617 2024-02-14 Squid is an open source caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. Due to a Collapse of Data into Unsafe Value bug ,Squid may be vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack against …
CVE-2020-7921 2020-05-06 Improper serialization of internal state in the authorization subsystem in MongoDB Server's authorization subsystem permits a user with valid credentials to bypass IP whitelisting protection mechanism…

Content submission

Name
PLOVER
Date
2006-07-19
Version
Draft 3

Content modifications

Date Name Version Importance Comment
2008-07-01 Eric Dalci 1.0 updated Potential_Mitigations, Time_of_Introduction
2008-09-08 CWE Content Team 1.0 updated Description, Relationships, Relationship_Notes, Relevant_Properties, Taxonomy_Mappings
2008-11-24 CWE Content Team 1.1 updated Observed_Examples
2009-03-10 CWE Content Team 1.3 updated Relationships
2009-07-27 CWE Content Team 1.5 updated Potential_Mitigations
2010-06-21 CWE Content Team 1.9 updated Description, Observed_Examples
2010-12-13 CWE Content Team 1.11 updated Relationships
2011-03-29 CWE Content Team 1.12 updated Potential_Mitigations
2011-06-01 CWE Content Team 1.13 updated Common_Consequences, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2012-05-11 CWE Content Team 2.2 updated References, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2012-10-30 CWE Content Team 2.3 updated Potential_Mitigations
2014-07-30 CWE Content Team 2.8 updated Relationships
2017-11-08 CWE Content Team 3.0 updated Applicable_Platforms, Relevant_Properties
2019-01-03 CWE Content Team 3.2 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2020-02-24 CWE Content Team 4.0 updated Potential_Mitigations, Relationships
2020-06-25 CWE Content Team 4.1 updated Potential_Mitigations
2023-01-31 CWE Content Team 4.10 updated Description
2023-04-27 CWE Content Team 4.11 updated Detection_Factors, Relationships
2023-06-29 CWE Content Team 4.12 updated Mapping_Notes
2025-04-03 CWE Content Team 4.17 updated Relationships
2025-12-11 CWE Content Team 4.19 updated Applicable_Platforms, Weakness_Ordinalities
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