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Dead Code

CWE-561 · Base · Draft

The product contains dead code, which can never be executed.

Extended description

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.

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ChildOfCWE-1164 · Irrelevant Code
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CVEs With This Weakness

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CVEs tagged with this weakness.
CVECVE-2025-34205
CVECVE-2024-8300
CVECVE-2024-32634
CVECVE-2022-33726
CVECVE-2022-33685
CVECVE-2022-30748
CVECVE-2021-25398
CVECVE-2018-0039
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