CWE-1079: Parent Class without Virtual Destructor Method

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A parent class contains one or more child classes, but the parent class does not have a virtual destructor method.

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This issue can prevent the product from running reliably due to undefined or unexpected behaviors. If the relevant code is reachable by an attacker, then this reliability problem might introduce a vulnerability.

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