CWE

CWE-563 – Assignment to Variable without Use

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Description

The variable’s value is assigned but never used, making it a dead store.

After the assignment, the variable is either assigned another value or goes out of scope. It is likely that the variable is simply vestigial, but it is also possible that the unused variable points out a bug.

Modes of Introduction:

– Implementation

 

 

Related Weaknesses

CWE-1164

 

Consequences

Other: Quality Degradation, Varies by Context

This weakness could be an indication of a bug in the program or a deprecated variable that was not removed and is an indication of poor quality. This could lead to further bugs and the introduction of weaknesses.

 

Potential Mitigations

Phase: Implementation

Description: 

Remove unused variables from the code.

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