static enum transmit_result transmit(conn *c) {
    assert(c != NULL);

    if (c->msgcurr < c->msgused &&
            c->msglist[c->msgcurr].msg_iovlen == 0) {
        /* Finished writing the current msg; advance to the next. */
        c->msgcurr++;
    }
    if (c->msgcurr < c->msgused) {
        ssize_t res;
        struct msghdr *m = &c->msglist[c->msgcurr];

        res = sendmsg(c->sfd, m, 0);
        if (res > 0) {
            pthread_mutex_lock(&c->thread->stats.mutex);
            c->thread->stats.bytes_written += res;
            pthread_mutex_unlock(&c->thread->stats.mutex);

            /* We've written some of the data. Remove the completed
               iovec entries from the list of pending writes. */
            while (m->msg_iovlen > 0 && res >= m->msg_iov->iov_len) {
                res -= m->msg_iov->iov_len;
                m->msg_iovlen--;
                m->msg_iov++;
            }

            /* Might have written just part of the last iovec entry;
               adjust it so the next write will do the rest. */
            if (res > 0) {
                m->msg_iov->iov_base = (caddr_t)m->msg_iov->iov_base + res;
                m->msg_iov->iov_len -= res;
            }
            return TRANSMIT_INCOMPLETE;
        }
        if (res == -1 && (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EWOULDBLOCK)) {
            if (!update_event(c, EV_WRITE | EV_PERSIST)) {
                if (settings.verbose > 0)
                    fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't update event\n");
                conn_set_state(c, conn_closing);
                return TRANSMIT_HARD_ERROR;
            }
            return TRANSMIT_SOFT_ERROR;
        }
        /* if res == 0 or res == -1 and error is not EAGAIN or EWOULDBLOCK,
           we have a real error, on which we close the connection */
        if (settings.verbose > 0)
            perror("Failed to write, and not due to blocking");

        if (IS_UDP(c->transport))
            conn_set_state(c, conn_read);
        else
            conn_set_state(c, conn_closing);
        return TRANSMIT_HARD_ERROR;
    } else {
        return TRANSMIT_COMPLETE;
    }
}

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.