CWE-460Improper Cleanup on Thrown Exception

Description

The product does not clean up its state or incorrectly cleans up its state when an exception is thrown.

Common consequences

• Other→Unexpected State,Varies by Context
  Exceptions can disturb the flow of the code and prevent the necessary cleanup from happening. This could lead to unexpected state or control flow.

Potential mitigations

• Implementation
  If one breaks from a loop or function by throwing an exception, make sure that cleanup happens or that you should exit the program. Use throwing exceptions sparsely.

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