CWE-397: Declaration of Throws for Generic Exception

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The product throws or raises an overly broad exception that can hide important details and produce inappropriate responses to certain conditions.

What the weakness is: CWE-397 at MITRE. OWASP Top 10: A10:2025 Mishandling of Exceptional Conditions

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Explain CWE-397: Declaration of Throws for Generic Exception and how to prevent and detect it in code. Use https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/397.html and https://cve.bz/cve/cwe/397?via=ask-ai-copy for recent CVEs with this weakness. Cite the sources.

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