Category: SEI CERT Perl Coding Standard - Guidelines 50. Miscellaneous (MSC)

Stable
Summary

Weaknesses in this category are related to the rules and recommendations in the Miscellaneous (MSC) section of the SEI CERT Perl Coding Standard.

Membership
IDNameDescription
CWE-561Dead CodeThe product contains dead code, which can never be executed.
CWE-563Assignment to Variable without UseThe variable's value is assigned but never used, making it a dead store.
CWE-1178Weaknesses Addressed by the SEI CERT Perl Coding StandardCWE entries in this view (graph) are fully or partially eliminated by following the guidance presented in the online wiki that reflects that current rules and recommendations of the SEI CERT Perl Coding Standard.
Vulnerability Mapping Notes
Usage: Prohibited
Reasons: Category
Rationale:
This entry is a Category. Using categories for mapping has been discouraged since 2019. Categories are informal organizational groupings of weaknesses that can help CWE users with data aggregation, navigation, and browsing. However, they are not weaknesses in themselves.
Comment:
See member weaknesses of this category.