CWE-665
Improper Initialization
Description
The product does not initialize or incorrectly initializes a resource, which might leave the resource in an unexpected state when it is accessed or used.
Hierarchy (View 1000)
Related attack patterns (CAPEC)
CAPEC-26 · CAPEC-29
CVEs mapped to this weakness (358)
page 8 of 18| CVE | Vendor / Product | Sev | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | KEV | Published | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2017-8576 | Hig | 0.46 | 7.0 | 0.01 | Jun 29, 2017 | The graphics component in Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an authenticated attacker to run arbitrary code in kernel mode via a specially crafted application, aka "Microsoft Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." | ||
| CVE-2026-0940 | Med | 0.44 | 6.7 | 0.00 | Mar 11, 2026 | A potential improper initialization vulnerability was reported in the BIOS of some ThinkPads that could allow a local privileged user to modify data and execute arbitrary code. | ||
| CVE-2024-11158 | Med | 0.44 | 6.7 | 0.00 | Dec 5, 2024 | An “uninitialized variable” code execution vulnerability exists in the Rockwell Automation Arena® that could allow a threat actor to craft a DOE file and force the software to access a variable before it being initialized. If exploited, a threat actor could leverage… | ||
| CVE-2023-40261 | Med | 0.44 | 6.8 | 0.00 | Aug 8, 2024 | Diebold Nixdorf Vynamic Security Suite (VSS) before 3.3.0 SR17, 4.0.0 SR07, 4.1.0 SR04, 4.2.0 SR04, and 4.3.0 SR02 fails to validate file attributes during the Pre-Boot Authorization (PBA) process. This can be exploited by a physical attacker who is able to manipulate the… | ||
| CVE-2023-4503 | Med | 0.44 | 6.8 | 0.01 | Feb 6, 2024 | An improper initialization vulnerability was found in Galleon. When using Galleon to provision custom EAP or EAP-XP servers, the servers are created unsecured. This issue could allow an attacker to access remote HTTP services available from the server. | ||
| CVE-2021-34703 | Med | 0.44 | 6.8 | 0.01 | Sep 23, 2021 | 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 affected device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to improper… | ||
| CVE-2020-12357 | Med | 0.44 | 6.7 | 0.00 | Jun 9, 2021 | Improper initialization in the firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access. | ||
| CVE-2018-12204 | Med | 0.44 | 6.7 | 0.00 | Mar 14, 2019 | Improper memory initialization in Platform Sample/Silicon Reference firmware Intel(R) Server Board, Intel(R) Server System and Intel(R) Compute Module may allow privileged user to potentially enable an escalation of privilege via local access. | ||
| CVE-2021-0125 | Med | 0.43 | 6.6 | 0.00 | Feb 9, 2022 | Improper initialization in the firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via physical access. | ||
| CVE-2019-1299 | Med | 0.43 | 6.5 | 0.06 | Sep 11, 2019 | An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Edge based on Edge HTML improperly handles objects in memory, aka 'Microsoft Edge based on Edge HTML Information Disclosure Vulnerability'. | ||
| CVE-2018-14647 | Hig | 0.43 | 7.5 | 0.11 | Sep 25, 2018 | Python's elementtree C accelerator failed to initialise Expat's hash salt during initialization. This could make it easy to conduct denial of service attacks against Expat by constructing an XML document that would cause pathological hash collisions in Expat's internal data… | ||
| CVE-2026-54279 | Hig | 0.42 | 7.5 | 0.00 | Jun 22, 2026 | AIOHTTP is an asynchronous HTTP client/server framework for asyncio and Python. Prior to 3.14.1, host-only cookies that are saved with CookieJar.save() and then restored later with CookieJar.load() lose their host-only status. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.14.1. | ||
| CVE-2023-20591 | Med | 0.42 | 6.5 | 0.00 | Aug 13, 2024 | Improper re-initialization of IOMMU during the DRTM event may permit an untrusted platform configuration to persist, allowing an attacker to read or modify hypervisor memory, potentially resulting in loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. | ||
| CVE-2023-27306 | Med | 0.42 | 6.5 | 0.00 | Nov 14, 2023 | Improper Initialization in firmware for some Intel(R) Optane(TM) SSD products may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access. | ||
| CVE-2022-22164 | Med | 0.42 | 6.5 | 0.01 | Jan 19, 2022 | An Improper Initialization vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved may cause a commit operation for disabling the telnet service to not take effect as expected, resulting in the telnet service staying enabled. When it is not intended to be operating on the device, an… | ||
| CVE-2021-1860 | Med | 0.42 | 6.5 | 0.02 | Sep 8, 2021 | A memory initialization issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2021-002 Catalina, Security Update 2021-003 Mojave, iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4, tvOS 14.5, macOS Big Sur 11.3. A malicious application may be able to… | ||
| CVE-2021-1857 | Med | 0.42 | 6.5 | 0.01 | Sep 8, 2021 | A memory initialization issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iTunes 12.11.3 for Windows, Security Update 2021-002 Catalina, Security Update 2021-003 Mojave, iCloud for Windows 12.3, macOS Big Sur 11.3, watchOS 7.4, tvOS 14.5, iOS 14.5 and… | ||
| CVE-2021-1820 | Med | 0.42 | 6.5 | 0.01 | Sep 8, 2021 | A memory initialization issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.3, iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4, tvOS 14.5. Processing maliciously crafted web content may result in the disclosure of process memory. | ||
| CVE-2021-28688 | Med | 0.42 | 6.5 | 0.00 | Apr 6, 2021 | The fix for XSA-365 includes initialization of pointers such that subsequent cleanup code wouldn't use uninitialized or stale values. This initialization went too far and may under certain conditions also overwrite pointers which are in need of cleaning up. The lack of cleanup… | ||
| CVE-2020-26957 | Med | 0.42 | 6.5 | 0.01 | Dec 9, 2020 | OneCRL was non-functional in the new Firefox for Android due to a missing service initialization. This could result in a failure to enforce some certificate revocations. *Note: This issue only affected Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This… |
- risk 0.46cvss 7.0epss 0.01
The graphics component in Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an authenticated attacker to run arbitrary code in kernel mode via a specially crafted application, aka "Microsoft Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
- risk 0.44cvss 6.7epss 0.00
A potential improper initialization vulnerability was reported in the BIOS of some ThinkPads that could allow a local privileged user to modify data and execute arbitrary code.
- risk 0.44cvss 6.7epss 0.00
An “uninitialized variable” code execution vulnerability exists in the Rockwell Automation Arena® that could allow a threat actor to craft a DOE file and force the software to access a variable before it being initialized. If exploited, a threat actor could leverage…
- risk 0.44cvss 6.8epss 0.00
Diebold Nixdorf Vynamic Security Suite (VSS) before 3.3.0 SR17, 4.0.0 SR07, 4.1.0 SR04, 4.2.0 SR04, and 4.3.0 SR02 fails to validate file attributes during the Pre-Boot Authorization (PBA) process. This can be exploited by a physical attacker who is able to manipulate the…
- risk 0.44cvss 6.8epss 0.01
An improper initialization vulnerability was found in Galleon. When using Galleon to provision custom EAP or EAP-XP servers, the servers are created unsecured. This issue could allow an attacker to access remote HTTP services available from the server.
- risk 0.44cvss 6.8epss 0.01
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 affected device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to improper…
- risk 0.44cvss 6.7epss 0.00
Improper initialization in the firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
- risk 0.44cvss 6.7epss 0.00
Improper memory initialization in Platform Sample/Silicon Reference firmware Intel(R) Server Board, Intel(R) Server System and Intel(R) Compute Module may allow privileged user to potentially enable an escalation of privilege via local access.
- risk 0.43cvss 6.6epss 0.00
Improper initialization in the firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via physical access.
- risk 0.43cvss 6.5epss 0.06
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Edge based on Edge HTML improperly handles objects in memory, aka 'Microsoft Edge based on Edge HTML Information Disclosure Vulnerability'.
- risk 0.43cvss 7.5epss 0.11
Python's elementtree C accelerator failed to initialise Expat's hash salt during initialization. This could make it easy to conduct denial of service attacks against Expat by constructing an XML document that would cause pathological hash collisions in Expat's internal data…
- risk 0.42cvss 7.5epss 0.00
AIOHTTP is an asynchronous HTTP client/server framework for asyncio and Python. Prior to 3.14.1, host-only cookies that are saved with CookieJar.save() and then restored later with CookieJar.load() lose their host-only status. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.14.1.
- risk 0.42cvss 6.5epss 0.00
Improper re-initialization of IOMMU during the DRTM event may permit an untrusted platform configuration to persist, allowing an attacker to read or modify hypervisor memory, potentially resulting in loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
- risk 0.42cvss 6.5epss 0.00
Improper Initialization in firmware for some Intel(R) Optane(TM) SSD products may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
- risk 0.42cvss 6.5epss 0.01
An Improper Initialization vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved may cause a commit operation for disabling the telnet service to not take effect as expected, resulting in the telnet service staying enabled. When it is not intended to be operating on the device, an…
- risk 0.42cvss 6.5epss 0.02
A memory initialization issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2021-002 Catalina, Security Update 2021-003 Mojave, iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4, tvOS 14.5, macOS Big Sur 11.3. A malicious application may be able to…
- risk 0.42cvss 6.5epss 0.01
A memory initialization issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iTunes 12.11.3 for Windows, Security Update 2021-002 Catalina, Security Update 2021-003 Mojave, iCloud for Windows 12.3, macOS Big Sur 11.3, watchOS 7.4, tvOS 14.5, iOS 14.5 and…
- risk 0.42cvss 6.5epss 0.01
A memory initialization issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.3, iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4, tvOS 14.5. Processing maliciously crafted web content may result in the disclosure of process memory.
- risk 0.42cvss 6.5epss 0.00
The fix for XSA-365 includes initialization of pointers such that subsequent cleanup code wouldn't use uninitialized or stale values. This initialization went too far and may under certain conditions also overwrite pointers which are in need of cleaning up. The lack of cleanup…
- risk 0.42cvss 6.5epss 0.01
OneCRL was non-functional in the new Firefox for Android due to a missing service initialization. This could result in a failure to enforce some certificate revocations. *Note: This issue only affected Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This…