Variant weakness
Draft
CWE-585: Empty Synchronized Block
The product contains an empty synchronized block.
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Recorded CVEs
With this primary weakness
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KEVs
In the CISA KEV catalog
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Likelihood of exploit
Per MITRE
Variant
Abstraction
MITRE classification
Overview
An empty synchronized block does not actually accomplish any synchronization and may indicate a troubled section of code. An empty synchronized block can occur because code no longer needed within the synchronized block is commented out without removing the synchronized block.
Common consequences
What can happen when CWE-585 is exploited.