CWE-198 1 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-198: Use of Incorrect Byte Ordering

Overview

CWE-198 (Use of Incorrect Byte Ordering) 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 receives input from an upstream component, but it does not account for byte ordering (e.g. big-endian and little-endian) when processing the input, causing an incorrect number or value to be used.

Applicable platforms

Kind Name Class Prevalence OS / CPE
language Not Language-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-2025-52980 2025-07-11 A Use of Incorrect Byte Ordering vulnerability in the Routing Protocol Daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX300 Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denia…

Previous names

  • Numeric Byte Ordering Error (2008-04-11)

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 Time_of_Introduction
2008-09-08 CWE Content Team 1.0 updated Detection_Factors, Relationships, Research_Gaps, Taxonomy_Mappings
2009-05-27 CWE Content Team 1.4 updated Description
2011-06-01 CWE Content Team 1.13 updated Common_Consequences, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2011-06-27 CWE Content Team 2.0 updated Common_Consequences
2012-05-11 CWE Content Team 2.2 updated Relationships
2014-07-30 CWE Content Team 2.8 updated Relationships
2017-11-08 CWE Content Team 3.0 updated Applicable_Platforms
2019-01-03 CWE Content Team 3.2 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2023-01-31 CWE Content Team 4.10 updated Description
2023-04-27 CWE Content Team 4.11 updated Relationships, Time_of_Introduction, Type
2023-06-29 CWE Content Team 4.12 updated Mapping_Notes
2025-09-09 CWE Content Team 4.18 updated Affected_Resources, Functional_Areas
2025-12-11 CWE Content Team 4.19 updated Weakness_Ordinalities
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