Weakness · Medium
CWE-1116: Inaccurate Source Code Comments
What it is
The source code contains comments that do not accurately describe or explain aspects of the portion of the code with which the comment is associated.
- Severity (our rating)
- Medium
- Likelihood of exploit
- Not rated by MITRE
- Introduced during
- Implementation
- Exploited in the wild
- No CVE in CISA's catalog
What an attacker can do
- Reduce Maintainability (Other)
- Increase Analytical Complexity (Other)
How to prevent it
Implementation
- Verify that each comment accurately reflects what is intended to happen during execution of the code.
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