CWE-240 (Improper Handling of Inconsistent Structural Elements) documents a weakness type used across vulnerability databases and security assessments. Use the sections below for definition, context, and mapped CVEs.
The product does not handle or incorrectly handles when two or more structural elements should be consistent, but are not.
| Kind | Name | Class | Prevalence | OS / CPE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| language | — | Not Language-Specific | Undetermined | — |
| technology | — | Not Technology-Specific | Undetermined | — |
These CVEs are mapped to this weakness in this database and kept for traceability and search.
| CVE | Published | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-4321 | 2025-11-17 | In a Bluetooth device, using RS9116-WiseConnect SDK experiences a Denial of Service, if it receives malformed L2CAP packets, only hard reset will bring the device to normal operation |
| CVE-2023-39915 | 2023-09-13 | NLnet Labs' Routinator up to and including version 0.12.1 may crash when trying to parse certain malformed RPKI objects. This is due to insufficient input checking in the bcder library covered by CVE-… |
| CVE-2023-39914 | 2023-09-13 | NLnet Labs' bcder library up to and including version 0.7.2 panics while decoding certain invalid input data rather than rejecting the data with an error. This can affect both the actual decoding stag… |
| CVE-2022-40957 | 2022-12-22 | Inconsistent data in instruction and data cache when creating wasm code could lead to a potentially exploitable crash.<br>*This bug only affects Firefox on ARM64 platforms.*. This vulnerability affect… |
| CVE-2021-31890 | 2021-11-09 | A vulnerability has been identified in Capital Embedded AR Classic 431-422 (All versions), Capital Embedded AR Classic R20-11 (All versions < V2303), PLUSCONTROL 1st Gen (All versions), SIMOTICS CONNE… |
| 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 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 |
| 2017-11-08 | CWE Content Team | 3.0 | — | updated Applicable_Platforms, Type |
| 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, Time_of_Introduction |
| 2023-06-29 | CWE Content Team | 4.12 | — | updated Mapping_Notes |
| 2024-02-29 | CWE Content Team | 4.14 | — | updated Demonstrative_Examples, Observed_Examples |
| 2025-09-09 | CWE Content Team | 4.18 | — | updated Demonstrative_Examples |
| 2025-12-11 | CWE Content Team | 4.19 | — | updated Applicable_Platforms, Weakness_Ordinalities |