Category: CERT C++ Secure Coding Section 07 - Characters and Strings (STR)
Incomplete
Summary
Weaknesses in this category are related to rules in the Characters and Strings (STR) section of the CERT C++ Secure Coding Standard. Since not all rules map to specific weaknesses, this category may be incomplete.
Membership
| ID | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CWE-119 | Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer | The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data. |
| CWE-120 | Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') | The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer. |
| CWE-170 | Improper Null Termination | The product does not terminate or incorrectly terminates a string or array with a null character or equivalent terminator. |
| CWE-193 | Off-by-one Error | A product calculates or uses an incorrect maximum or minimum value that is 1 more, or 1 less, than the correct value. |
| CWE-464 | Addition of Data Structure Sentinel | The accidental addition of a data-structure sentinel can cause serious programming logic problems. |
| CWE-686 | Function Call With Incorrect Argument Type | The product calls a function, procedure, or routine, but the caller specifies an argument that is the wrong data type, which may lead to resultant weaknesses. |
| CWE-704 | Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast | The product does not correctly convert an object, resource, or structure from one type to a different type. |
| CWE-78 | Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') | The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. |
| CWE-88 | Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection') | The product constructs a string for a command to be executed by a separate component in another control sphere, but it does not properly delimit the intended arguments, options, or switches within that command string. |
| CWE-868 | Weaknesses Addressed by the SEI CERT C++ Coding Standard (2016 Version) | CWE entries in this view (graph) are fully or partially eliminated by following the SEI CERT C++ Coding Standard, as published in 2016. This view is no longer being actively maintained, since it statically represents the coding rules as they were in 2016. |
Vulnerability Mapping Notes
Usage: Prohibited
Reasons: Category
Rationale:
This entry is a Category. Using categories for mapping has been discouraged since 2019. Categories are informal organizational groupings of weaknesses that can help CWE users with data aggregation, navigation, and browsing. However, they are not weaknesses in themselves.
Comment:
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