CWE-1164

Irrelevant Code
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The product contains code that is not essential for execution,
i.e. makes no state changes and has no side effects that alter
data or control flow, such that removal of the code would have no impact
to functionality or correctness.

Status
incomplete
Abstraction
class

Irrelevant code could include dead code, initialization that is not used, empty blocks, code that could be entirely removed due to optimization, etc.

Common Consequences

other
Impacts
reduce reliability reduce performance

Detection Methods

automated static analysis

Potential Mitigations