Base weakness
Draft
CWE-563: Assignment to Variable without Use
Also known as: Unused Variable
The variable's value is assigned but never used, making it a dead store.
2
Recorded CVEs
With this primary weakness
0
KEVs
In the CISA KEV catalog
Not rated
Likelihood of exploit
Per MITRE
Base
Abstraction
MITRE classification
Overview
After the assignment, the variable is either assigned another value or goes out of scope. It is likely that the variable is simply vestigial, but it is also possible that the unused variable points out a bug.