Detalle CWE-561

The product contains dead code, which can never be executed.

Dead code is code that can never be executed in a running program. The surrounding code makes it impossible for a section of code to ever be executed.

Modos de introducción

Implementation

Plataformas aplicables

Lenguaje

Class: Not Language-Specific (Undetermined)

Consecuencias comunes

Ejemplos observados

Mitigaciones potenciales

Phases : Implementation
Remove dead code before deploying the application.
Phases : Testing
Use a static analysis tool to spot dead code.

Métodos de detección

Architecture or Design Review

Efectividad : High

Automated Static Analysis - Binary or Bytecode

Efectividad : High

Dynamic Analysis with Manual Results Interpretation

Efectividad : SOAR Partial

Automated Static Analysis

Efectividad : SOAR Partial

Automated Static Analysis - Source Code

Efectividad : High

Dynamic Analysis with Automated Results Interpretation

Efectividad : SOAR Partial

Manual Static Analysis - Source Code

Efectividad : High

Notas de mapeo de vulnerabilidades

Justificación : This CWE entry is at the Base level of abstraction, which is a preferred level of abstraction for mapping to the root causes of vulnerabilities.
Comentario : Carefully read both the name and description to ensure that this mapping is an appropriate fit. Do not try to 'force' a mapping to a lower-level Base/Variant simply to comply with this preferred level of abstraction.

Referencias

REF-960

Automated Source Code Maintainability Measure (ASCMM)
Object Management Group (OMG).
https://www.omg.org/spec/ASCMM/

REF-1479

State-of-the-Art Resources (SOAR) for Software Vulnerability Detection, Test, and Evaluation
Gregory Larsen, E. Kenneth Hong Fong, David A. Wheeler, Rama S. Moorthy.
https://www.ida.org/-/media/feature/publications/s/st/stateoftheart-resources-soar-for-software-vulnerability-detection-test-and-evaluation/p-5061.ashx

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