CWE-1164β€”Irrelevant Code

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released 2019-01-03 Β· last modified 2025-12-11

Metadata

CWE ID:
CWE-1164
Abstraction:
Class
Structure:
Simple
Status:
Incomplete
Release Date:
2019-01-03
Latest Modification Date:
2025-12-11

Weakness Name

Irrelevant Code

Description

The product contains code that is not essential for execution, i.e. makes no state changes and has no side effects that alter data or control flow, such that removal of the code would have no impact to functionality or correctness.

Irrelevant code could include dead code, initialization that is not used, empty blocks, code that could be entirely removed due to optimization, etc.

Common Consequences

Scope:
Other
Impact:
Reduce Reliability
Scope:
Other
Impact:
Reduce Performance

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