Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE Definition / CWE-1045

    CWE-1045: Parent Class with a Virtual Destructor and a Child Class without a Virtual Destructor

    A parent class has a virtual destructor method, but the parent has a child class that does not have a virtual destructor.

    Published:2 Jul 2018
    Organization:MITRE
    Modified:11 Dec 2025

    Related Weakness

    CWE-1076: Insufficient Adherence to Expected Conventions