COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATIONIncomplete

CWE-1093

Excessively Complex Data Representation

The product uses an unnecessarily complex internal representation for its data structures or interrelationships between those structures.

Abstraction

Class

Structure

Simple

Likelihood of Exploit

Medium

Understand the problem

What is the problem?

The product uses an unnecessarily complex internal representation for its data structures or interrelationships between those structures.

Root cause

How and when does the problem arise?

Lifecycle phase

Implementation

Lifecycle phase

Architecture and Design

Risk

What does successful exploitation lead to?

Reduce MaintainabilityIncrease Analytical Complexity

Affected security scopes: Other

This issue makes it more difficult to understand or maintain the product, which indirectly affects security by making it more difficult or time-consuming to find and/or fix vulnerabilities. It also might make it easier to introduce vulnerabilities.
Reduce Performance

Affected security scopes: Other

Defence

How is it prevented and fixed?

  • Follow secure coding guidelines for input handling and boundary checking.
  • Enforce strict security reviews and automated static analysis (SAST) checks.