CWE-231 5 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-231: Improper Handling of Extra Values

Overview

CWE-231 (Improper Handling of Extra Values) 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 does not handle or incorrectly handles when more values are provided than expected.

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-2026-22888 2026-02-02 Improper input verification issue exists in Cybozu Garoon 5.0.0 to 6.0.3, which may lead to unauthorized alteration of portal settings, potentially blocking access to the product.
CVE-2024-20268 2024-10-23 A vulnerability in the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) feature of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authentica…
CVE-2023-6841 2024-09-10 A denial of service vulnerability was found in keycloak where the amount of attributes per object is not limited,an attacker by sending repeated HTTP requests could cause a resource exhaustion when th…
CVE-2024-31397 2024-06-11 Improper handling of extra values issue exists in Cybozu Garoon 5.0.0 to 5.15.2. If this vulnerability is exploited, a user who can log in to the product with the administrative privilege may be able …
CVE-2023-44386 2023-10-05 Vapor is an HTTP web framework for Swift. There is a denial of service vulnerability impacting all users of affected versions of Vapor. The HTTP1 error handler closed connections when HTTP parse error…

Previous names

  • Extra Value Error (2008-04-11)
  • Failure to Handle Extra Value (2009-03-10)

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 Modes_of_Introduction, Relationships, Relationship_Notes, Taxonomy_Mappings
2009-03-10 CWE Content Team 1.3 updated Description, Name
2011-06-01 CWE Content Team 1.13 updated Common_Consequences
2011-06-27 CWE Content Team 2.0 updated Common_Consequences
2012-05-11 CWE Content Team 2.2 updated Relationships
2013-07-17 CWE Content Team 2.5 updated Description, Type
2014-07-30 CWE Content Team 2.8 updated Relationships
2017-11-08 CWE Content Team 3.0 updated Applicable_Platforms, Time_of_Introduction
2020-02-24 CWE Content Team 4.0 updated Relationships
2023-01-31 CWE Content Team 4.10 updated Description
2023-04-27 CWE Content Team 4.11 updated Relationships
2023-06-29 CWE Content Team 4.12 updated Mapping_Notes
2025-12-11 CWE Content Team 4.19 updated Weakness_Ordinalities
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