CWE-395Use of NullPointerException Catch to Detect NULL Pointer Dereference

Description

Catching NullPointerException should not be used as an alternative to programmatic checks to prevent dereferencing a null pointer.

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Common consequences

• Availability→DoS: Resource Consumption (CPU)

Potential mitigations

• Architecture and Design,Implementation
  Do not extensively rely on catching exceptions (especially for validating user input) to handle errors. Handling exceptions can decrease the performance of an application.

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