CWE-414 — Missing Lock Check
CWE-414: Missing Lock Check
MITRE CWE weakness
| Kind | Weakness |
| Abstraction | Base |
| Status | Draft |
| Likelihood of exploit | — |
Description
A product does not check to see if a lock is present before performing sensitive operations on a resource.
Common consequences
- Integrity, Availability: Modify Application Data, DoS: Instability, DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart
Mitigations
Architecture and Design — Implement a reliable lock mechanism.
References
- CWE page: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/414.html
- CWE list: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/index.html