Compiler Removal of Code to Clear Buffers

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id: d3f:CWE-14

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Compiler Removal of Code to Clear Buffers
definition
Sensitive memory is cleared according to the source code, but compiler optimizations leave the memory untouched when it is not read from again, aka "dead store removal."
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