CWE-167Base

Improper Handling of Additional Special Element

Draft in the CWE catalog · 5 CVEs mapped

5
CVEs mapped
5.4
Median CVSS
What it is

The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not handle or incorrectly handles when an additional unexpected special element is provided.

Recent examples
5.3cvss
CVE-2025-25006

Microsoft Exchange Server Spoofing Vulnerability

Improper handling of additional special element in Microsoft Exchange Server allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.

MEDIUMno explanation yet
1%
epss
8.7cvss
CVE-2025-30656

Junos OS: MX Series, SRX Series: Processing of specific SIP INVITE messages by the SIP ALG will lead to an FPC crash

An Improper Handling of Additional Special Element vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series with MS-MPC, MS-MIC and SPC3, and SRX Series, allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS). If the SIP ALG processes specifically formatted SIP invites, a memory corruption will occur which will lead to a crash of the FPC processing these packets. Although the system will automatically recover with the restart of the FPC, subsequent SIP invites will cause the crash again and lead to a sustained DoS. This issue affects Junos OS on MX Series and SRX Series:  * all versions before 21.2R3-S9, * 21.4 versions before 21.4R3-S10, * 22.2 versions before 22.2R3-S6, * 22.4 versions before 22.4R3-S5, * 23.2 versions before 23.2R2-S3, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S3, * 24.2 versions before 24.2R1-S2, 24.2R2.

HIGHno explanation yet
0%
epss
none
CVE-2023-4809

pf incorrectly handles multiple IPv6 fragment headers

In pf packet processing with a 'scrub fragment reassemble' rule, a packet containing multiple IPv6 fragment headers would be reassembled, and then immediately processed. That is, a packet with multiple fragment extension headers would not be recognized as the correct ultimate payload. Instead a packet with multiple IPv6 fragment headers would unexpectedly be interpreted as a fragmented packet, rather than as whatever the real payload is. As a result, IPv6 fragments may bypass pf firewall rules written on the assumption all fragments have been reassembled and, as a result, be forwarded or processed by the host.

no explanation yet
1%
epss
The record
Technical detail
CWE ID
CWE-167
Abstraction
Base
Structure
Simple
Status
Draft