CWE-561—Dead Code

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released 2006-07-19 · last modified 2026-04-30

Metadata

CWE ID：
CWE-561
摘要：
Base
结构：
Simple
状态：
Draft
发布日期：
2006-07-19
更新日期：
2026-04-30

名称

Dead Code

描述

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.

常见后果

范围：
Other
影响：
Quality Degradation
注释：
Dead code that results from code that can never be executed is an indication of problems with the source code that needs to be fixed and is an indication of poor quality.
范围：
Other
影响：
Reduce Maintainability

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