Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE Definition / CWE-432

    CWE-432: Dangerous Signal Handler not Disabled During Sensitive Operations

    The product uses a signal handler that shares state with other signal handlers, but it does not properly mask or prevent those signal handlers from being invoked while the original signal handler is still running.

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

    Related Weakness

    CWE-364: Signal Handler Race Condition