CWE-1046

Creation of Immutable Text Using String Concatenation
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The product creates an immutable text string using string concatenation operations.

Status
incomplete
Abstraction
base

When building a string via a looping feature (e.g., a FOR or WHILE loop), the use of += to append to the existing string will result in the creation of a new object with each iteration, which can be inefficient in comparison with use of text buffer data elements.

Common Consequences

other
Impacts
reduce performance

Potential Mitigations