CWE-1164 1 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-1164: Irrelevant Code

Overview

CWE-1164 (Irrelevant Code) documents a weakness type used across vulnerability databases and security assessments. Use the sections below for definition, context, and mapped CVEs.

Security impact
Security impact: Depends on product and context; use CVE records, severity scores, and MITRE guidance to prioritize.

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.

Applicable platforms

Kind Name Class Prevalence OS / CPE
language Not Language-Specific Undetermined

Related CVEs in this database

These CVEs are mapped to this weakness in this database and kept for traceability and search.

CVE Published Summary
CVE-2025-40769 2025-08-12 A vulnerability has been identified in SINEC Traffic Analyzer (6GK8822-1BG01-0BA0) (All versions < V3.0). The affected application uses a Content Security Policy that allows unsafe script execution me…

Content submission

Name
CWE Content Team
Organization
MITRE
Date
2019-01-02
Version
3.2

Content modifications

Date Name Version Importance Comment
2020-02-24 CWE Content Team 4.0 updated Relationships
2022-04-28 CWE Content Team 4.7 updated Relationships
2023-01-31 CWE Content Team 4.10 updated Description
2023-04-27 CWE Content Team 4.11 updated Relationships
2023-06-29 CWE Content Team 4.12 updated Mapping_Notes
2023-10-26 CWE Content Team 4.13 updated Observed_Examples
2024-02-29 CWE Content Team 4.14 updated Demonstrative_Examples
2025-12-11 CWE Content Team 4.19 updated Applicable_Platforms, Detection_Factors, Observed_Examples, Time_of_Introduction, Weakness_Ordinalities
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