CWE CATEGORY: SFP Primary Cluster: Failure to Release Memory
Category ID: 1238
Vulnerability Mapping:PROHIBITEDThis CWE ID must not be used to map to real-world vulnerabilities
Summary
This category identifies Software Fault Patterns (SFPs) within the Failure to Release Memory cluster (SFP38).
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This entry is a Category. Using categories for mapping has been discouraged since 2019. Categories are informal organizational groupings of weaknesses that can help CWE users with data aggregation, navigation, and browsing. However, they are not weaknesses in themselves.
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Content
History
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2019-11-25
(CWE 4.0, 2020-02-24)
KDM Analytics
Modifications
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Organization
2020-08-20
CWE Content Team
MITRE
updated Relationships
2023-04-27
CWE Content Team
MITRE
updated Mapping_Notes
2023-06-29
CWE Content Team
MITRE
updated Mapping_Notes
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