Weakness (CWE)
CWE-1384: Improper Handling of Physical or Environmental Conditions
The product does not properly handle unexpected physical or environmental conditions that occur naturally or are artificially induced.
How to prevent it (3 mitigations)
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Requirements
In requirements, be specific about expectations for how the product will perform when it exceeds physical and environmental boundary conditions, e.g., by shutting down.
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Architecture and Design, Implementation
Where possible, include independent components that can detect excess environmental conditions and have the capability to shut down the product.
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Architecture and Design, Implementation
Where possible, use shielding or other materials that can increase the adversary's workload and reduce the likelihood of being able to successfully trigger a security-related failure.
Source: MITRE CWE-1384
6 results · Feed
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Medium 4.6
Indian Scout Bobber 2025 WCM voltage-based shutdown
Improper handling of physical conditions in the bike-shutdown control of the Indian Motorcycle Scout Bobber + Tech 2025 model year allows a physical attacker with access to the Wireless Control Module (WCM) wiring harness to bypass the anti-theft shutdown. Th…
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Critical 10.0
Sandbox escape due to incorrect boundary conditions in the Graphics: WebRender component
Sandbox escape due to incorrect boundary conditions in the Graphics: WebRender component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 148, Firefox ESR 115.33, Firefox ESR 140.8, Thunderbird 148, and Thunderbird 140.8.
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Critical 9.8
Incorrect boundary conditions in the Graphics: ImageLib component
Incorrect boundary conditions in the Graphics: ImageLib component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 148, Firefox ESR 115.33, Firefox ESR 140.8, Thunderbird 148, and Thunderbird 140.8.
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Critical 9.8
Incorrect boundary conditions in the WebRTC: Audio/Video component
Incorrect boundary conditions in the WebRTC: Audio/Video component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 148, Firefox ESR 115.33, Firefox ESR 140.8, Thunderbird 148, and Thunderbird 140.8.
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High 8.6
Mail-0 Zero Session Hijacking Via Email
Mail-0's Zero is an open-source email solution. In version 0.8 it's possible for an attacker to craft an email that executes javascript leading to session hijacking due to improper sanitization. This issue has been patched in version 0.81.
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Medium 6.5
Improper handling of physical or environmental conditions in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user t…