CWE-572: Call to Thread run() instead of start()
Description
The product calls a thread's run() method instead of calling start(), which causes the code to run in the thread of the caller instead of the callee.
Submission Date :
Dec. 15, 2006, midnight
Modification Date :
2023-06-29 00:00:00+00:00
Organization :
MITRE
Extended Description
In most cases a direct call to a Thread object's run() method is a bug. The programmer intended to begin a new thread of control, but accidentally called run() instead of start(), so the run() method will execute in the caller's thread of control.
Example - 1
The following excerpt from a Java program mistakenly calls run() instead of start().
...public void run() {}
Thread thr = new Thread() {};thr.run();Related Weaknesses
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