CWE-111 - Direct Use of Unsafe JNI

CWE ID:

CWE-111

Abstraction:Variant
Structure:Simple
Status:Draft

Release Date:2006-07-19
Latest Modification Date:2024-02-29

Weakness Name

Direct Use of Unsafe JNI

Description

When a Java application uses the Java Native Interface (JNI) to call code written in another programming language, it can expose the application to weaknesses in that code, even if those weaknesses cannot occur in Java.

Many safety features that programmers may take for granted do not apply for native code, so you must carefully review all such code for potential problems. The languages used to implement native code may be more susceptible to buffer overflows and other attacks. Native code is unprotected by the security features enforced by the runtime environment, such as strong typing and array bounds checking.