CWE-237 3 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-237: Improper Handling of Structural Elements

Overview

CWE-237 (Improper Handling of Structural Elements) 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 inputs that are related to complex structures.

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-2025-24336 2025-01-31 SXF Common Library handles input data improperly. If a product using the library reads a crafted file, the product may be crashed.
CVE-2023-6110 2024-11-17 A flaw was found in OpenStack. When a user tries to delete a non-existing access rule in it's scope, it deletes other existing access rules which are not associated with any application credentials.
CVE-2023-34429 2023-07-19 Weintek Weincloud v0.13.6 could allow an attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition for Weincloud by sending a forged JWT token.

Previous names

  • Element Problems (2009-03-10)

Content submission

Name
PLOVER
Date
2006-07-19
Version
Draft 3

Content modifications

Date Name Version Importance Comment
2008-09-08 CWE Content Team 1.0 updated Relationships, 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 Type
2014-07-30 CWE Content Team 2.8 updated Relationships
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 Applicable_Platforms, Demonstrative_Examples, Time_of_Introduction, Weakness_Ordinalities
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