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CWE-1087 Class with Virtual Method without a Virtual Destructor

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Abstraction
Base
Structure
Simple
Status
Incomplete
Languages
Object-Oriented
CWE version
5.0

Description

A class contains a virtual method, but the method does not have an associated virtual destructor.

Common consequences

• Other: Reduce Reliability — This issue can prevent the product from running reliably, e.g. due to undefined behavior. If the relevant code is reachable by an attacker, then this reliability problem might introduce a vulnerability.

Detection methods

• Automated Static Analysis: Automated static analysis, commonly referred to as Static Application Security Testing (SAST), can find some instances of this weakness by analyzing source code (or binary/compiled code) without having to execute it. Typically, this is done by building a model of data flow and control flow, then searching for potentially-vulnerable patterns that connect "sources" (origins of input) with "sinks" (destinations where the data interacts with external components, a lower layer such as the OS, etc.)

Related

Child of · CWE (1)

  • CWE-1076 Insufficient Adherence to Expected Conventions weakness