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ID

CWE CATEGORY: The CERT Oracle Secure Coding Standard for Java (2011) Chapter 13 - Thread-Safety Miscellaneous (TSM)

Category ID: 856
Vulnerability Mapping: PROHIBITED This CWE ID must not be used to map to real-world vulnerabilities
+ Summary
Weaknesses in this category are related to rules in the Thread-Safety Miscellaneous (TSM) chapter of The CERT Oracle Secure Coding Standard for Java (2011).
+ Membership
Nature Type ID Name
MemberOf ViewView - a subset of CWE entries that provides a way of examining CWE content. The two main view structures are Slices (flat lists) and Graphs (containing relationships between entries). 844 Weaknesses Addressed by The CERT Oracle Secure Coding Standard for Java (2011)
+ Vulnerability Mapping Notes

Usage: PROHIBITED

(this CWE ID must not be used to map to real-world vulnerabilities)

Reason: Category

Rationale:

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.

Comments:

See member weaknesses of this category.
+ References
[REF-813] Fred Long, Dhruv Mohindra, Robert C. Seacord, Dean F. Sutherland and David Svoboda. "The CERT Oracle Coding Standard for Java". 1st Edition. Addison-Wesley Professional. 2011-09-18.
+ Content History
+ Submissions
Submission Date Submitter Organization
2011-05-24
(CWE 1.13, 2011-06-01) 		CWE Content Team MITRE
+ Modifications
Modification Date Modifier Organization
2019-01-03 CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Description, Name, References
2023-04-27 CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Mapping_Notes
2023-06-29 CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Mapping_Notes
+ Previous Entry Names
Change Date Previous Entry Name
2019-01-03 CERT Java Secure Coding Section 11 - Thread-Safety Miscellaneous (TSM)
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