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.
The product contains dead code, which can never be executed.
| Kind | Name | Class | Prevalence | OS / CPE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| language | — | Not Language-Specific | Undetermined | — |
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… |
| 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 |