mm_auth_password(Authctxt *authctxt, char *password)
{
	Buffer m;
	int authenticated = 0;

	debug3("%s entering", __func__);

	buffer_init(&m);
	buffer_put_cstring(&m, password);
	mm_request_send(pmonitor->m_recvfd, MONITOR_REQ_AUTHPASSWORD, &m);

	debug3("%s: waiting for MONITOR_ANS_AUTHPASSWORD", __func__);
	mm_request_receive_expect(pmonitor->m_recvfd, MONITOR_ANS_AUTHPASSWORD, &m);

	authenticated = buffer_get_int(&m);

	buffer_free(&m);

	debug3("%s: user %sauthenticated",
	    __func__, authenticated ? "" : "not ");
	return (authenticated);
}

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.