Description

A static code block creates an instance of a class.

Extended Description

This pattern identifies situations where a storable data element or member data element is initialized with a value in a block of code which is declared as static.

This issue can make the product perform more slowly by performing initialization before it is needed. If the relevant code is reachable by an attacker, then this performance problem might introduce a vulnerability.

This table shows the weaknesses and high level categories that are related to this weakness. These relationships are defined to give an overview of the different insight to similar items that may exist at higher and lower levels of abstraction.