CWE-414β€”Missing Lock Check

PUBLISHEDweakness record
released 2006-07-19 Β· last modified 2025-12-11

Metadata

CWE ID:
CWE-414
Abstraction:
Base
Structure:
Simple
Status:
Draft
Release Date:
2006-07-19
Latest Modification Date:
2025-12-11

Weakness Name

Missing Lock Check

Description

A product does not check to see if a lock is present before performing sensitive operations on a resource.

Common Consequences

Scope:
Integrity, Availability
Impact:
Modify Application Data, DoS: Instability, DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart

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