CWE-839 4 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-839: Numeric Range Comparison Without Minimum Check

Overview

CWE-839 (Numeric Range Comparison Without Minimum Check) 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 checks a value to ensure that it is less than or equal to a maximum, but it does not also verify that the value is greater than or equal to the minimum.

Applicable platforms

Kind Name Class Prevalence OS / CPE
language C Often
language C++ Often

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-2026-48840 2026-05-30 Exim 4.88 before 4.99.4, in some proxy configurations, mishandles certain short payloads, leading to disclosure of uninitialized stack memory values to a client.
CVE-2023-0425 2023-08-07 ABB is aware of vulnerabilities in the product versions listed below. An update is available that resolves the reported vulnerabilities in the product versions under maintenance. An attacker who succ…
CVE-2023-22854 2023-02-13 The ccmweb component of Mitel MiContact Center Business server 9.2.2.0 through 9.4.1.0 could allow an unauthenticated attacker to download arbitrary files, due to insufficient restriction of URL param…
CVE-2019-20925 2020-11-24 An unauthenticated client can trigger denial of service by issuing specially crafted wire protocol messages, which cause the message decompressor to incorrectly allocate memory. This issue affects Mon…

Content submission

Name
CWE Content Team
Organization
MITRE
Date
2011-03-24
Version
1.12

Content modifications

Date Name Version Importance Comment
2011-06-01 CWE Content Team 1.13 updated Common_Consequences
2012-05-11 CWE Content Team 2.2 updated Demonstrative_Examples, References, Relationships
2014-02-18 CWE Content Team 2.6 updated Relationships
2018-03-27 CWE Content Team 3.1 updated Description
2019-01-03 CWE Content Team 3.2 updated Relationships
2023-01-31 CWE Content Team 4.10 updated Alternate_Terms, Description
2023-04-27 CWE Content Team 4.11 updated Relationships
2023-06-29 CWE Content Team 4.12 updated Mapping_Notes
2023-10-26 CWE Content Team 4.13 updated Observed_Examples
2025-09-09 CWE Content Team 4.18 updated Demonstrative_Examples
2025-12-11 CWE Content Team 4.19 updated Detection_Factors, Time_of_Introduction, Weakness_Ordinalities
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