Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE Definition / CWE-572

    CWE-572: Call to Thread run() instead of start()

    The product calls a thread's run() method instead of calling start(), which causes the code to run in the thread of the caller instead of the callee.

    Published:15 Dec 2006
    Organization:MITRE
    Modified:11 Dec 2025

    Related Weakness

    CWE-821: Incorrect Synchronization

    CWE-572: Call to Thread run() instead of start() | CVE-DB