CWE-586

Explicit Call to Finalize()

BaseDraftSimple

The product makes an explicit call to the finalize() method from outside the finalizer.

Extended description

While the Java Language Specification allows an object's finalize() method to be called from outside the finalizer, doing so is usually a bad idea. For example, calling finalize() explicitly means that finalize() will be called more than once: the first time will be the explicit call and the last time will be the call that is made after the object is garbage collected.

Common consequences1

IntegrityOtherUnexpected StateQuality Degradation

Potential mitigations1

Implementation
Do not make explicit calls to finalize().

Relationships1

ChildOfCWE-1076

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