Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-251

Grouping Prohibited

Often Misused: String Management

Status: Incomplete

API response cwe.mitre.org

Functions that manipulate strings encourage buffer overflows.

Grouping entries organize the catalogue and should not be used to map the root cause of a vulnerability.

Mapping guidance

This entry is a Grouping. Using groupings for mapping has been discouraged since 2019. They are informal organizational groupings of weaknesses that can help CWE users with data aggregation, navigation, and browsing. However, they are not weaknesses in themselves.

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Content history
Submission: 7 Pernicious Kingdoms · 2006-07-19 · CWE Draft 3
Modification: · KDM Analytics · 2008-08-01 · CWE 1.0

added/updated white box definitions

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2008-09-08 · CWE 1.0

updated Applicable_Platforms, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2017-11-08 · CWE 3.0

updated Affected_Resources, Applicable_Platforms, Demonstrative_Examples, Relationships, White_Box_Definitions

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2020-02-24 · CWE 4.0

updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2020-06-25 · CWE 4.1

updated References

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2023-04-27 · CWE 4.11

updated Mapping_Notes

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2023-06-29 · CWE 4.12

updated Mapping_Notes

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2026-10-28 · CWE 5.0

updated Mapping_Notes, References, Type

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