CWE-1085: Invokable Control Element with Excessive Volume of Commented-out Code
Description
A function, method, procedure, etc. contains an excessive amount of code that has been commented out within its body.
While the interpretation of excessive volume may vary for each product or developer, CISQ recommends a default threshold of 2% of commented code.
- Abstraction
- BaseA weakness specific enough to point to detection and prevention methods.
- Likelihood of exploit
- Not rated by MITRE
- Status
- Incomplete
Common consequences
- Other
Reduce Maintainability
This issue makes it more difficult to maintain the product, which indirectly affects security by making it more difficult or time-consuming to find and/or fix vulnerabilities. It also might make it easier to introduce vulnerabilities.
Related weaknesses
Parent weaknesses
CAPEC attack patterns that exploit it
CWE 4.20 links no CAPEC attack pattern to this weakness.