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Observed Examples
Reference Description
CVE-2019-9805 Chain: Creation of the packet client occurs before initialization is complete
(CWE-696) resulting in a read from uninitialized memory (CWE-908), causing
memory corruption.
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-9805
CVE-2008-4197 Use of uninitialized memory may allow code execution.
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4197
CVE-2008-2934 Free of an uninitialized pointer leads to crash and possible code execution.
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2934
CVE-2008-0063 Product does not clear memory contents when generating an error message,
leading to information leak.
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0063
CVE-2008-0062 Lack of initialization triggers NULL pointer dereference or double-free.
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0062
CVE-2008-0081 Uninitialized variable leads to code execution in popular desktop application.
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0081
CVE-2008-3688 Chain: Uninitialized variable leads to infinite loop.
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3688
CVE-2008-3475 Chain: Improper initialization leads to memory corruption.
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3475
CVE-2005-1036 Chain: Bypass of access restrictions due to improper authorization (CWE-862)
of a user results from an improperly initialized (CWE-909) I/O permission
bitmap
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-1036
CVE-2008-3597 Chain: game server can access player data structures before initialization has
happened leading to NULL dereference
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3597
CVE-2009-2692 Chain: uninitialized function pointers can be dereferenced allowing code
execution
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2692
CVE-2009-0949 Chain: improper initialization of memory can lead to NULL dereference
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0949
CVE-2009-3620 Chain: some unprivileged ioctls do not verify that a structure has been
initialized before invocation, leading to NULL dereference
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3620
MemberOf Relationships
This MemberOf relationships table shows additional CWE Catgeories and Views that reference this
weakness as a member. This information is often useful in understanding where a weakness fits
within the context of external information sources.
Nature Type ID Name Page
MemberOf 1157 SEI CERT C Coding Standard - Guidelines 03.
Expressions (EXP)
1154 2455
MemberOf 1306 CISQ Quality Measures - Reliability 1305 2483
MemberOf 1340 CISQ Data Protection Measures 1340 2590
MemberOf 1416 Comprehensive Categorization: Resource Lifecycle
Management
1400 2545
Taxonomy Mappings
Mapped Taxonomy Name Node ID Fit Mapped Node Name
CERT C Secure Coding EXP33-C CWE More
Abstract
Do not read uninitialized memory
CWE Version 4.14
CWE-909: Missing Initialization of Resource
CWE-909: Missing Initialization of Resource