Excessive McCabe Cyclomatic Complexity

Incomplete Base

Structure: Simple

Description

The code contains McCabe cyclomatic complexity that exceeds a desirable maximum.

Extended Description

This issue makes it more difficult to understand and/or maintain the product, which indirectly affects security by making it more difficult or time-consuming to find and/or fix vulnerabilities. It also might make it easier to introduce vulnerabilities.

References 3

Providing a Framework for Effective Software Quality Assessment

Robert A. Martin and Lawrence H. Shafer

07-1996

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285403022_PROVIDING_A_FRAMEWORK_FOR_EFFECTIVE_SOFTWARE_QUALITY_MEASUREMENT_MAKING_A_SCIENCE_OF_RISK_ASSESSMENT(2023-04-07)

ID: REF-963

Cyclomatic Complexity

Wikipedia

13-04-2018

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclomatic_complexity

ID: REF-964

Automated Source Code Maintainability Measure (ASCMM)