CWE-561 9 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-561: Dead Code

Overview

CWE-561 (Dead 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 dead code, which can never be executed.

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-2026-44057 2026-05-21 A dead bounds check in the Spotlight RPC unmarshaller in Netatalk 3.0.0 through 4.4.2 results in an unreachable code path that provides no effective bounds protection, which may allow a remote authent…
CVE-2025-34205 2025-09-19 Vasion Print (formerly PrinterLogic) Virtual Appliance Host versions prior to 22.0.843 and Application prior to 20.0.1923 (VA and SaaS deployments) contains dangerous PHP dead code present in multiple…
CVE-2024-8300 2024-11-28 Dead Code vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric GENESIS64 Version 10.97.2, 10.97.2 CFR1, 10.97.2 CRF2 and 10.97.3, Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions GENESIS64 Version 10.97.2, 10.97.2 CFR1,…
CVE-2024-32634 2024-04-16 In huge memory get unmapped area check, code can never be reached because of a logical contradiction.
CVE-2022-33726 2022-08-05 Unprotected dynamic receiver in Samsung Galaxy Friends prior to SMR Aug-2022 Release 1 allows attacker to launch activity.
CVE-2022-33685 2022-07-12 Unprotected dynamic receiver in Wearable Manager Service prior to SMR Jul-2022 Release 1 allows attacker to launch arbitray activity and access senstive information.
CVE-2022-30748 2022-06-07 Unprotected dynamic receiver in Samsung Members prior to version 4.2.005 allows attacker to launch arbitrary activity.
CVE-2021-25398 2021-06-11 Intent redirection vulnerability in Bixby Voice prior to version 3.1.12 allows attacker to access contacts.
CVE-2018-0039 2018-07-11 Juniper Networks Contrail Service Orchestration releases prior to 4.0.0 have Grafana service enabled by default with hardcoded credentials. These credentials allow network based attackers unauthorized…

Content submission

Name
Anonymous Tool Vendor (under NDA)
Date
2006-07-19
Version
Draft 3

Content modifications

Date Name Version Importance Comment
2008-07-01 Eric Dalci 1.0 updated Potential_Mitigations, Time_of_Introduction
2008-09-08 CWE Content Team 1.0 updated Description, Relationships, Other_Notes, Taxonomy_Mappings
2008-11-24 CWE Content Team 1.1 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2009-05-27 CWE Content Team 1.4 updated Demonstrative_Examples
2009-07-27 CWE Content Team 1.5 updated Demonstrative_Examples
2009-10-29 CWE Content Team 1.6 updated Common_Consequences, Other_Notes
2011-06-01 CWE Content Team 1.13 updated Common_Consequences
2011-09-13 CWE Content Team 2.1 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2012-05-11 CWE Content Team 2.2 updated Common_Consequences, Relationships
2012-10-30 CWE Content Team 2.3 updated Potential_Mitigations
2014-06-23 CWE Content Team 2.7 updated Observed_Examples
2014-07-30 CWE Content Team 2.8 updated Detection_Factors, Taxonomy_Mappings
2017-11-08 CWE Content Team 3.0 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2019-01-03 CWE Content Team 3.2 updated Common_Consequences, References, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings, Weakness_Ordinalities
2019-06-20 CWE Content Team 3.3 updated Type
2020-02-24 CWE Content Team 4.0 updated Applicable_Platforms, Observed_Examples, Relationships
2020-08-20 CWE Content Team 4.2 updated Relationships
2021-03-15 CWE Content Team 4.4 updated Relationships
2021-07-20 CWE Content Team 4.5 updated Observed_Examples
2023-01-31 CWE Content Team 4.10 updated Description
2023-04-27 CWE Content Team 4.11 updated References, Relationships
2023-06-29 CWE Content Team 4.12 updated Mapping_Notes
2024-02-29 CWE Content Team 4.14 updated Demonstrative_Examples
2025-09-09 CWE Content Team 4.18 updated Detection_Factors, References
2025-12-11 CWE Content Team 4.19 updated Observed_Examples
2026-04-30 CWE Content Team 4.20 updated Potential_Mitigations
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