CWE-584: Return Inside Finally Block
Description
The code has a return statement inside a finally block, which will cause any thrown exception in the try block to be discarded.
Submission Date :
Dec. 15, 2006, midnight
Modification Date :
2023-06-29 00:00:00+00:00
Organization :
MITRE
Example Vulnerable Codes
Example - 1
In the following code excerpt, the IllegalArgumentException will never be delivered to the caller. The finally block will cause the exception to be discarded.
...throw IllegalArgumentException();
return r;try {}finally {}Related Weaknesses
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