CWE-583: finalize() Method Declared Public

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The product violates secure coding principles for mobile code by declaring a finalize() method public.

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Extended Description

A product should never call finalize explicitly, except to call super.finalize() inside an implementation of finalize(). In mobile code situations, the otherwise error prone practice of manual garbage collection can become a security threat if an attacker can maliciously invoke a finalize() method because it is declared with public access.

Technical Details

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Languages
Java
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