Variant - a weakness that is linked to a certain type of product, typically involving a specific language or technology. More specific than a Base weakness. Variant level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 3 to 5 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.
Class - a weakness that is described in a very abstract fashion, typically independent of any specific language or technology. More specific than a Pillar Weakness, but more general than a Base Weakness. Class level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 1 or 2 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, and resource.
(this CWE ID must not be used to map to real-world vulnerabilities)
Reason:
Category
Rationale:
This entry is a Category. Using categories for mapping has been discouraged since 2019. Categories are informal organizational groupings of weaknesses that can help CWE users with data aggregation, navigation, and browsing. However, they are not weaknesses in themselves.
Comments:
See member weaknesses of this category.
Content
History
Submissions
Submission Date
Submitter
Organization
2014-07-29
(CWE 2.8, 2014-07-31)
CWE Content Team
MITRE
Modifications
Modification Date
Modifier
Organization
2020-02-24
CWE Content Team
MITRE
updated Description, Relationships
2022-10-13
CWE Content Team
MITRE
updated Relationships
2023-04-27
CWE Content Team
MITRE
updated Mapping_Notes
2023-06-29
CWE Content Team
MITRE
updated Mapping_Notes
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