CWE-248 239 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-248: Uncaught Exception

Overview

CWE-248 (Uncaught Exception) 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

An exception is thrown from a function, but it is not caught.

Applicable platforms

Kind Name Class Prevalence OS / CPE
language C++ Undetermined
language Java Undetermined
language C# 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-2026-64612 2026-07-20 A flaw was found in libcupsfilters and cups-filters. The PNG image reading function creates a libpng reader without installing an error recovery handler, causing the CUPS image filter process to abort…
CVE-2026-63747 2026-07-20 SurrealDB versions before 3.1.0 contain a denial of service vulnerability in the RPC use handler that panics when db is set without a namespace. Unauthenticated attackers can send a malformed WebSocke…
CVE-2025-71391 2026-07-18 SurrealDB versions before 2.2.2 contain an uncaught exception vulnerability in the net module that allows authenticated users to crash the database. Attackers can send crafted HTTP queries containing …
CVE-2024-58369 2026-07-18 SurrealDB versions before 1.1.1 fail to properly validate invocation of custom parameters and functions at root or namespace levels, causing server panic. Authorized clients can invoke these entities …
CVE-2024-58368 2026-07-18 SurrealDB versions before 1.1.0 fail to properly parse the ID, DB, and NS headers in HTTP REST API requests containing special characters. Unauthenticated attackers can send crafted HTTP requests with…
CVE-2024-58365 2026-07-18 SurrealDB versions before 1.2.0 contain an uncaught exception vulnerability in the query executor when processing calls to nonexistent built-in functions. Authorized clients can craft pre-parsed queri…
CVE-2024-58364 2026-07-18 SurrealDB versions before 1.2.1 contain an uncaught exception handling vulnerability in span rendering when parsing queries with errors on line terminator characters. Authorized clients can submit mal…
CVE-2024-58361 2026-07-18 SurrealDB versions before 2.0.4 contain an uncaught exception handling vulnerability in the parser error rendering code when processing empty strings. Authorized clients can execute malformed queries …
CVE-2024-58359 2026-07-18 SurrealDB versions before 2.1.0 contain a denial of service vulnerability in the sorting mechanism when using ORDER BY rand() clause. Authorized clients can execute queries with ORDER BY rand() to tri…
CVE-2024-58358 2026-07-18 SurrealDB versions before 2.1.0 contain a denial of service vulnerability in role conversion that allows privileged owner users to define users with nonexistent roles. Attackers can trigger an uncaugh…
CVE-2024-58357 2026-07-18 SurrealDB versions before 2.1.0 contain an uncaught exception vulnerability in the rand::time() function that panics when unwrap is called on a None result from timestamp_opt. Authorized clients can r…
CVE-2026-62994 2026-07-16 CoreDNS is a DNS server written in Go. From 1.9.4 until 1.14.5, a network DNS client allowed to request AXFR for a CoreDNS zone can trigger a panic when CoreDNS is configured with k8s_external headles…
CVE-2026-48069 2026-07-14 @grpc/grps-js implements the core functionality of gRPC purely in JavaScript, without a C++ addon. Prior to 1.9.16, 1.10.12, 1.11.4, 1.12.7, 1.13.5, and 1.14.4, an invalid incoming compressed message …
CVE-2026-48068 2026-07-14 @grpc/grps-js implements the core functionality of gRPC purely in JavaScript, without a C++ addon. Prior to 1.9.16, 1.10.12, 1.11.4, 1.12.7, 1.13.5, and 1.14.4, an invalid incoming HTTP/2 stream initi…
CVE-2026-48038 2026-07-14 joi is a schema description language and data validator for JavaScript. Prior to 17.13.4 and 18.2.1, denial of service is possible via an untrapped exception in services validating user-supplied JSON …
CVE-2026-47480 2026-07-14 NVIDIA Triton Inference Server for Linux contains a vulnerability where an attacker can cause an uncaught exception. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service.
CVE-2026-50328 2026-07-14 Uncaught exception in Windows Server Update Service allows an unauthorized attacker to perform tampering over a network.
CVE-2026-59162 2026-07-10 Excelize is a Go language library for reading and writing Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. Prior to 2.11.0, Excelize parses shared-string cell values with strconv.Atoi and checks only the upper bound bef…
CVE-2026-55780 2026-07-10 NanaZip is the 7-Zip derivative intended for the modern Windows experience. Prior to 6.5.1749.0, NanaZip's .NET single-file bundle handler in NanaZip.Codecs.Archive.DotNetSingleFile.cpp sizes its extr…
CVE-2026-54775 2026-07-08 CoreWCF is a port of the service side of Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) to .NET Core. Prior to 1.8.1 and 1.9.1, a CoreWCF service listening on a Kafka topic stops processing new records from t…

Previous names

  • Often Misused: Exception Handling (2008-01-30)

Content submission

Name
7 Pernicious Kingdoms
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
2008-08-15 1.0 Suggested OWASP Top Ten 2004 mapping
2008-09-08 CWE Content Team 1.0 updated Applicable_Platforms, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2008-09-24 CWE Content Team 1.1 Removed C from Applicable_Platforms
2008-10-14 CWE Content Team 1.0.1 updated Applicable_Platforms
2009-03-10 CWE Content Team 1.3 updated Relationships
2011-03-29 CWE Content Team 1.12 updated Description, Relationships
2011-06-01 CWE Content Team 1.13 updated Common_Consequences, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2012-05-11 CWE Content Team 2.2 updated Common_Consequences, Demonstrative_Examples, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2014-07-30 CWE Content Team 2.8 updated Demonstrative_Examples, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2017-11-08 CWE Content Team 3.0 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2019-01-03 CWE Content Team 3.2 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2019-06-20 CWE Content Team 3.3 updated Related_Attack_Patterns
2020-02-24 CWE Content Team 4.0 updated References
2020-08-20 CWE Content Team 4.2 updated Relationships
2020-12-10 CWE Content Team 4.3 updated Relationships
2021-03-15 CWE Content Team 4.4 updated Relationships
2023-04-27 CWE Content Team 4.11 updated Detection_Factors, Relationships
2023-06-29 CWE Content Team 4.12 updated Mapping_Notes, Relationships
2024-02-29 CWE Content Team 4.14 updated Observed_Examples
2025-12-11 CWE Content Team 4.19 updated Relationships, Weakness_Ordinalities
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