Common Weakness Enumeration
CWE Definition / CWE-662
CWE-662: Improper Synchronization
The product utilizes multiple threads, processes, components, or systems to allow temporary access to a shared resource that can only be exclusive to one process at a time, but it does not properly synchronize these actions, which might cause simultaneous accesses of this resource by multiple threads or processes.
Published:11 Apr 2008
Organization:MITRE
Modified:30 Apr 2026
