CWE CATEGORY: CERT C Secure Coding Standard (2008) Chapter 4 - Expressions (EXP)
Category ID: 737
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Summary
Weaknesses in this category are related to the rules and recommendations in the Expressions (EXP) chapter of the CERT C Secure Coding Standard (2008).
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that is linked to a certain type of product, typically involving a specific language or technology. More specific than a Base weakness. Variant level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 3 to 5 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.
Base - a weakness
that is still mostly independent of a resource or technology, but with sufficient details to provide specific methods for detection and prevention. Base level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 2 or 3 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.
Base - a weakness
that is still mostly independent of a resource or technology, but with sufficient details to provide specific methods for detection and prevention. Base level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 2 or 3 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.
Base - a weakness
that is still mostly independent of a resource or technology, but with sufficient details to provide specific methods for detection and prevention. Base level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 2 or 3 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.
Class - a weakness that is described in a very abstract fashion, typically independent of any specific language or technology. More specific than a Pillar Weakness, but more general than a Base Weakness. Class level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 1 or 2 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, and resource.
Base - a weakness
that is still mostly independent of a resource or technology, but with sufficient details to provide specific methods for detection and prevention. Base level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 2 or 3 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.
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Notes
Relationship
In the 2008 version of the CERT C Secure Coding standard, the following rules were mapped to the following CWE IDs:
CWE-467 EXP01-C Do not take the size of a pointer to determine the size of the pointed-to type
CWE-468 EXP08-C Ensure pointer arithmetic is used correctly
CWE-476 EXP34-C Ensure a null pointer is not dereferenced
CWE-628 EXP37-C Call functions with the arguments intended by the API
CWE-704 EXP05-C Do not cast away a const qualification
CWE-783 EXP00-C Use parentheses for precedence of operation
References
[REF-597] Robert C. Seacord. "The CERT C Secure Coding Standard". 1st Edition. Addison-Wesley Professional. 2008-10-14.
Content History
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2008-11-24 (CWE 1.1, 2008-11-24)
CWE Content Team
MITRE
Modifications
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2009-07-27
CWE Content Team
MITRE
updated Relationships
2017-11-08
CWE Content Team
MITRE
updated Description, Name, Relationship_Notes
2019-01-03
CWE Content Team
MITRE
updated Description, Name, References
2023-04-27
CWE Content Team
MITRE
updated Mapping_Notes
2023-06-29
CWE Content Team
MITRE
updated Mapping_Notes
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2017-11-08
CERT C Secure Coding Section 03 - Expressions (EXP)
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