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CWE-563: Assignment to Variable without Use

Base Draft

The variable's value is assigned but never used, i.e., is a dead store. That is, after the assignment, the variable is either assigned another value or goes out of scope.

How to prevent it (1 mitigation)

  1. Implementation

    Remove unused variables from the code.

Source: MITRE CWE-563

All Critical High Medium Low Exploited only Public exploit

2 results · Feed

  • Low 2.9
    CVE-2024-30120

    HCL DRYiCE Optibot Reset Station is impacted by an Unused Parameter in the web application

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  • High 7.7
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