diff --git a/cvsserr/errors.go b/cvsserr/errors.go
index 9b7e071..d926c0d 100644
--- a/cvsserr/errors.go
+++ b/cvsserr/errors.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ var (
 	ErrNoBaseMetrics          = errors.New("no Base metrics")
 	ErrNoTemporalMetrics      = errors.New("no Temporal metrics")
 	ErrNoEnvironmentalMetrics = errors.New("no Environmental metrics")
+	ErrMisordered             = errors.New("misordered vector string")
 )
 
 /* Copyright 2018-2023 Spiegel
diff --git a/v2/metric/base.go b/v2/metric/base.go
index c3759d9..43e9556 100644
--- a/v2/metric/base.go
+++ b/v2/metric/base.go
@@ -61,7 +61,14 @@ func (m *Base) Decode(vector string) (*Base, error) {
 	if lastErr != nil {
 		return m, lastErr
 	}
-	return m, m.GetError()
+	enc, err := m.Encode()
+	if err != nil {
+		return m, errs.Wrap(err, errs.WithContext("vector", vector))
+	}
+	if vector != enc {
+		return m, errs.Wrap(cvsserr.ErrMisordered, errs.WithContext("vector", vector))
+	}
+	return m, nil
 }
 
 func (m *Base) decodeOne(str string) error {
diff --git a/v2/metric/environmental.go b/v2/metric/environmental.go
index 2aebac6..810d699 100644
--- a/v2/metric/environmental.go
+++ b/v2/metric/environmental.go
@@ -60,7 +60,14 @@ func (m *Environmental) Decode(vector string) (*Environmental, error) {
 	if lastErr != nil {
 		return m, lastErr
 	}
-	return m, m.GetError()
+	enc, err := m.Encode()
+	if err != nil {
+		return m, errs.Wrap(err, errs.WithContext("vector", vector))
+	}
+	if vector != enc {
+		return m, errs.Wrap(cvsserr.ErrMisordered, errs.WithContext("vector", vector))
+	}
+	return m, nil
 }
 
 func (m *Environmental) decodeOne(str string) error {
@@ -141,9 +148,8 @@ func (m *Environmental) Encode() (string, error) {
 	if m == nil {
 		return "", errs.Wrap(cvsserr.ErrNoBaseMetrics)
 	}
-	ts, _ := m.Temporal.Encode()
 	r := &strings.Builder{}
-	r.WriteString(ts) //Vector of Temporal metrics
+	r.WriteString(m.Temporal.String()) //Vector of Temporal metrics
 	if m.names[metricCDP] {
 		r.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("/%s:%v", metricCDP, m.CDP)) // Collateral Damage Potential
 	}
diff --git a/v2/metric/metric_test.go b/v2/metric/metric_test.go
index 3f6c61f..0959daf 100644
--- a/v2/metric/metric_test.go
+++ b/v2/metric/metric_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ func TestValidationBase(t *testing.T) {
 		{vec: "AV:N/AC:H/Au:0/C:C/I:N/A:C", err: cvsserr.ErrInvalidValue},
 		{vec: "AV:N/AC:0/Au:M/C:C/I:N/A:C", err: cvsserr.ErrInvalidValue},
 		{vec: "AV:0/AC:H/Au:M/C:C/I:N/A:C", err: cvsserr.ErrInvalidValue},
+		{vec: "AV:N/AC:H/Au:M/C:C/A:C/I:N", err: cvsserr.ErrMisordered},
 		{vec: "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C", err: nil},
 	}
 
@@ -46,6 +47,8 @@ func TestValidationTemporal(t *testing.T) {
 		{vec: "AV:N/AC:H/Au:M/C:C/I:N/A:C/E:0/RL:ND/RC:ND", err: cvsserr.ErrInvalidValue},
 		{vec: "AV:N/AC:H/Au:M/C:C/I:N/A:C/E:U/RL:ND", err: cvsserr.ErrNoTemporalMetrics},
 		{vec: "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/E:U/RL:ND/RC:ND", err: cvsserr.ErrNoBaseMetrics},
+		{vec: "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/A:C/I:N/E:U/RL:ND/RC:ND", err: cvsserr.ErrMisordered},
+		{vec: "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C/E:U/RC:ND/RL:ND", err: cvsserr.ErrMisordered},
 		{vec: "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C/E:U/RL:ND/RC:ND", err: nil},
 	}
 
@@ -75,6 +78,9 @@ func TestValidationEnvironmental(t *testing.T) {
 		{vec: "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C/E:U/RL:ND/RC:ND/CDP:H/TD:H/CR:M/IR:M", err: cvsserr.ErrNoEnvironmentalMetrics},
 		{vec: "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C/E:U/RL:ND/CDP:H/TD:H/CR:M/IR:M/AR:H", err: cvsserr.ErrNoTemporalMetrics},
 		{vec: "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/E:U/RL:ND/RC:ND/CDP:H/TD:H/CR:M/IR:M/AR:H", err: cvsserr.ErrNoBaseMetrics},
+		{vec: "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/A:C/I:N/E:U/RL:ND/RC:ND/CDP:H/TD:H/CR:M/IR:M/AR:H", err: cvsserr.ErrMisordered},
+		{vec: "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C/E:U/RC:ND/RL:ND/CDP:H/TD:H/CR:M/IR:M/AR:H", err: cvsserr.ErrMisordered},
+		{vec: "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C/E:U/RL:ND/RC:ND/CDP:H/TD:H/CR:M/AR:H/IR:M", err: cvsserr.ErrMisordered},
 		{vec: "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C/E:U/RL:ND/RC:ND/CDP:H/TD:H/CR:M/IR:M/AR:H", err: nil},
 	}
 
diff --git a/v2/metric/temporal.go b/v2/metric/temporal.go
index 6dc9cb1..028423c 100644
--- a/v2/metric/temporal.go
+++ b/v2/metric/temporal.go
@@ -54,7 +54,14 @@ func (m *Temporal) Decode(vector string) (*Temporal, error) {
 	if lastErr != nil {
 		return m, lastErr
 	}
-	return m, m.GetError()
+	enc, err := m.Encode()
+	if err != nil {
+		return m, errs.Wrap(err, errs.WithContext("vector", vector))
+	}
+	if vector != enc {
+		return m, errs.Wrap(cvsserr.ErrMisordered, errs.WithContext("vector", vector))
+	}
+	return m, nil
 }
 
 func (m *Temporal) decodeOne(str string) error {
@@ -125,9 +132,8 @@ func (m *Temporal) Encode() (string, error) {
 	if m == nil {
 		return "", errs.Wrap(cvsserr.ErrNoBaseMetrics)
 	}
-	bs, _ := m.Base.Encode()
 	r := &strings.Builder{}
-	r.WriteString(bs) //Vector of Base metrics
+	r.WriteString(m.Base.String()) //Vector of Base metrics
 	if m.names[metricE] {
 		r.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("/%s:%v", metricE, m.E)) // Exploitability
 	}