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CWE-456

Missing Initialization of a Variable

The product does not initialize critical variables, which causes the execution environment to use unexpected values.

8
Assigned CVEs
469th
Commonality Rank
6.9
Avg CVSS
0.0%
In CISA KEV

Volume and Severity of Assigned CVEs Over Time

Volume of CVEs assigned to CWE-456 and their average CVSS base score over time.

Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Sep 18, 2018
7 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Dec 3, 2024
598 days ago

Top CVEs Assigned This CWE

Top CVEs that have been assigned this CWE. A single CVE can have multiple CWE assignments, though many have just one.

8 CVEs · Highest risk first

CVEPublishedCVSSRiskKEVExploit
CVE-2019-3836HIGH
It was discovered in gnutls before version 3.6.7 upstream that there is an uninitialized pointer access in gnutls versions 3.6.3 or later which can be triggered by certain post-han
Apr 1, 20197.526NONO
CVE-2024-32878HIGH
Llama.cpp is LLM inference in C/C++. There is a use of uninitialized heap variable vulnerability in gguf_init_from_file, the code will free this uninitialized variable later. In a
Apr 26, 20248.822NONO
CVE-2021-40403MEDIUM
An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the pick-and-place rotation parsing functionality of Gerbv 2.7.0 and dev (commit b5f1eacd), and Gerbv forked 2.8.0. A specially-cr
Feb 4, 20226.322NONO
CVE-2021-34703MEDIUM
A vulnerability in the Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) message parser of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an attacker to trigger a reload of an affecte
Sep 23, 20216.522NONO
CVE-2018-14641MEDIUM
A security flaw was found in the ip_frag_reasm() function in net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c in the Linux kernel from 4.19-rc1 to 4.19-rc3 inclusive, which can cause a later system crash in
Sep 18, 20185.922NONO
CVE-2024-54131HIGH
The Kolide Agent (aka: Launcher) is the lightweight agent designed to work with Kolide's service. An implementation bug in the Kolide Agent (known as `launcher`) allows for local p
Dec 3, 20247.321NONO
CVE-2023-20226HIGH
A vulnerability in Application Quality of Experience (AppQoE) and Unified Threat Defense (UTD) on Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an
Sep 27, 20237.519NONO
CVE-2024-9780MEDIUM
ITS dissector crash in Wireshark 4.4.0 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
Oct 10, 20245.518NONO
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CVE Severity & Scoring

This CWEGlobal (All CVEs)
0.0-0.9
1.0-1.9
2.0-2.9
3.0-3.9
10%
4.0-4.9
25%
19%
5.0-5.9
25%
16%
6.0-6.9
38%
26%
7.0-7.9
13%
11%
8.0-8.9
14%
9.0-10.0
unknown
CVSS Score Range

Exploit Exposure

Exploit activity across CVEs assigned to this CWE, including CVEs that carry other CWE assignments.

CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%

Social Chatter

Social posts that mention CVE IDs assigned to this CWE. This is assigned-CVE activity, not mentions of the CWE label itself.

Media Mentions

Media articles that mention CVE IDs assigned to this CWE. This is assigned-CVE coverage, not mentions of the CWE label itself.

Top Affected Vendors

Top Affected Products