Declaration of Variable with Unnecessarily Wide Scope

Opis

The source code declares a variable in one scope, but the variable is only used within a narrower scope.

Skutki

• Other

  Reduce Maintainability; Increase Analytical Complexity

  This issue makes it more difficult to understand and/or 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.

Słabość nadrzędna

• CWE-710 Improper Adherence to Coding Standards

Kiedy powstaje

• Implementation

Dotyczy

Not Language-Specific