CWE-484 1 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-484: Omitted Break Statement in Switch

Overview

CWE-484 (Omitted Break Statement in Switch) 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 omits a break statement within a switch or similar construct, causing code associated with multiple conditions to execute. This can cause problems when the programmer only intended to execute code associated with one condition.

Applicable platforms

Kind Name Class Prevalence OS / CPE
language C Undetermined
language C++ Undetermined
language Java Undetermined
language C# Undetermined
language PHP Undetermined
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-2026-44075 2026-05-21 A missing break statement in DSI OpenSession processing in Netatalk 1.5.0 through 4.4.2 causes a DSIOPT_ATTNQUANT switch case to fall through into DSIOPT_SERVQUANT, resulting in unintended session opt…

Previous names

  • Omitted Break Statement (2008-11-24)

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, Description, Detection_Factors, Relationships, Other_Notes, Taxonomy_Mappings
2008-11-24 CWE Content Team 1.1 updated Applicable_Platforms, Demonstrative_Examples, Description, Detection_Factors, Name, Other_Notes, Potential_Mitigations, Weakness_Ordinalities
2011-06-01 CWE Content Team 1.13 updated Common_Consequences, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2012-05-11 CWE Content Team 2.2 updated Common_Consequences, References, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2012-10-30 CWE Content Team 2.3 updated Demonstrative_Examples
2014-07-30 CWE Content Team 2.8 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2017-11-08 CWE Content Team 3.0 updated Demonstrative_Examples, Relationships
2019-01-03 CWE Content Team 3.2 updated Weakness_Ordinalities
2020-02-24 CWE Content Team 4.0 updated References, Relationships
2020-08-20 CWE Content Team 4.2 updated Relationships
2023-01-31 CWE Content Team 4.10 updated Description, Detection_Factors
2023-04-27 CWE Content Team 4.11 updated Detection_Factors, Relationships
2023-06-29 CWE Content Team 4.12 updated Mapping_Notes
2023-10-26 CWE Content Team 4.13 updated Demonstrative_Examples
2025-12-11 CWE Content Team 4.19 updated Applicable_Platforms, Relationships
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