CWE-628Function Call with Incorrectly Specified Arguments

Description

The product calls a function, procedure, or routine with arguments that are not correctly specified.

Common consequences

• Other,Access Control→Quality Degradation,Gain Privileges or Assume Identity,Unexpected State,Varies by Context
  This weakness can cause unintended, always-incorrect behavior. It can lead to additional weaknesses such as allowing an attacker to gain unintended access to system resources.

Potential mitigations

• Build and Compilation
  Once found, these issues are easy to fix. Use code inspection tools and relevant compiler features to identify potential violations. Pay special attention to code that is not likely to be exercised heavily during QA.
• Architecture and Design
  Make sure your API's are stable before you use them in production code.

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