Category: SEI CERT Perl Coding Standard - Guidelines 50. Miscellaneous (MSC)
Stable
Summary
Weaknesses in this category are related to the rules and recommendations in the Miscellaneous (MSC) section of the SEI CERT Perl Coding Standard.
Membership
| ID | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CWE-561 | Dead Code | Dead code refers to sections of a program that can never run during normal execution, effectively making them inactive and unreachable. |
| CWE-563 | Assignment to Variable without Use | This vulnerability occurs when a value is stored in a variable, but that variable is never read or used in subsequent code, creating a 'dead store.' |
| CWE-1178 | Weaknesses Addressed by the SEI CERT Perl Coding Standard | CWE entries in this view (graph) are fully or partially eliminated by following the guidance presented in the online wiki that reflects that current rules and recommendations of the SEI CERT Perl Coding Standard. |
Vulnerability Mapping Notes
Usage: Prohibited
Reasons: Category
Rationale:
This entry is a Category. Using categories for mapping has been discouraged since 2019. Categories are informal organizational groupings of weaknesses that can help CWE users with data aggregation, navigation, and browsing. However, they are not weaknesses in themselves.
Comment:
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