Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE Definition / CWE-241

    CWE-241: Improper Handling of Unexpected Data Type

    The product does not handle or incorrectly handles when a particular element is not the expected type, e.g. it expects a digit (0-9) but is provided with a letter (A-Z).

    Published:19 Jul 2006
    Organization:MITRE
    Modified:11 Dec 2025

    Related Weakness

    CWE-228: Improper Handling of Syntactically Invalid Structure