Deadlock

The product contains multiple threads or executable segments that are waiting for each other to release a necessary lock, resulting in deadlock.


See Also

Comprehensive Categorization: Concurrency

Weaknesses in this category are related to concurrency.

Resource Locking Problems

Weaknesses in this category are related to improper handling of locks that are used to control access to resources.

Comprehensive CWE Dictionary

This view (slice) covers all the elements in CWE.

Weakness Base Elements

This view (slice) displays only weakness base elements.


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