CWE-463 3 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-463: Deletion of Data Structure Sentinel

Overview

CWE-463 (Deletion of Data Structure Sentinel) 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 accidental deletion of a data-structure sentinel can cause serious programming logic problems.

Applicable platforms

Kind Name Class Prevalence OS / CPE
language C 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-2024-13318 2025-01-10 The Essential WP Real Estate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the cl_delete_listing_func() function in all versions up to, and including, …
CVE-2024-31475 2024-05-14 There is an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in the Central Communications service accessed by PAPI (Aruba's access point management protocol). Successful exploitation of this vulnerability resul…
CVE-2024-31474 2024-05-14 There is an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in the CLI service accessed by PAPI (Aruba's Access Point management protocol). Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in the ability t…

Previous names

  • Deletion of Data-structure Sentinel (2008-04-11)

Content submission

Name
CLASP
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 Applicable_Platforms, Common_Consequences, Relationships, Other_Notes, Taxonomy_Mappings
2009-07-27 CWE Content Team 1.5 updated Potential_Mitigations
2009-10-29 CWE Content Team 1.6 updated Description, Other_Notes
2011-06-01 CWE Content Team 1.13 updated Common_Consequences, Demonstrative_Examples
2012-05-11 CWE Content Team 2.2 updated References, Relationships
2012-10-30 CWE Content Team 2.3 updated Potential_Mitigations
2014-07-30 CWE Content Team 2.8 updated Relationships
2017-11-08 CWE Content Team 3.0 updated Demonstrative_Examples
2020-02-24 CWE Content Team 4.0 updated References, Relationships
2023-04-27 CWE Content Team 4.11 updated Relationships, Time_of_Introduction
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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