CWE-365: Race Condition in Switch (Deprecated)

Overview

CWE-365 is a deprecated classification in the CWE framework. It remains in the catalog for historical hierarchy and CVE traceability.

Security impact
Security impact: Low / none for active exploitation (deprecated catalog entry).
Historical note
Historical note: MITRE periodically reorganizes the CWE tree; prefer current, non-deprecated weaknesses for threat modeling.

Description

This entry has been deprecated. There are no documented cases in which a switch's control expression is evaluated more than once.

Previous names

  • Race Condition in Switch (2022-04-28)

Content submission

Name
CLASP
Date
2006-07-19
Version
Draft 3

Content modifications

Date Name Version Importance Comment
2008-07-01 Eric Dalci 1.0 updated Time_of_Introduction
2008-09-08 CWE Content Team 1.0 updated Applicable_Platforms, Common_Consequences, Relationships, Other_Notes, Taxonomy_Mappings
2008-11-24 CWE Content Team 1.1 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2010-09-27 CWE Content Team 1.10 updated Relationships
2011-06-01 CWE Content Team 1.13 updated Common_Consequences
2011-06-27 CWE Content Team 2.0 updated Common_Consequences
2012-05-11 CWE Content Team 2.2 updated Demonstrative_Examples, References, Relationships
2014-06-23 CWE Content Team 2.7 updated Common_Consequences, Description, Other_Notes, Potential_Mitigations
2014-07-30 CWE Content Team 2.8 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2017-11-08 CWE Content Team 3.0 updated Demonstrative_Examples
2019-01-03 CWE Content Team 3.2 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2020-02-24 CWE Content Team 4.0 updated Description, References, Relationships
2022-04-28 CWE Content Team 4.7 updated Applicable_Platforms, Common_Consequences, Demonstrative_Examples, Description, Likelihood_of_Exploit, Name, Potential_Mitigations, References, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings, Time_of_Introduction, Type
2023-06-29 CWE Content Team 4.12 updated Mapping_Notes

Contributions

Type Name Date Comment
Feedback Yongchool Ryu, MathWorks; Roberto Bagnara, BUGSENG; Guido Persch, Imagix; John Blattner, Imagix; Paul Anderson, GrammaTech; Fulvio Baccaglini; John Viega; Robert Seacord; Members of the CWE-Research mailing list, including Jonathan Hood and Steve Grubb; Commenters on Twitter, including Patricia Aas, Myria, Richard Barrell, and others 2022-03-31 Many members of the CWE community contributed important feedback supporting deprecation of this entry. The contribution date reflects the first public request for comment; much feedback was received both before and after that date.
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