SEI CERT C Coding Standard - Guidelines 02. Declarations and Initialization (DCL)

A category in the Common Weakness Enumeration published by The MITRE Corporation.

  • Source

    CWE Catalog - 4.14

  • Identifier

    CWE-1156

  • Status

    Stable

Contents

Summary

Categories in the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) group entries based on some common characteristic or attribute.

Weaknesses in this category are related to the rules and recommendations in the Declarations and Initialization (DCL) section of the SEI CERT C Coding Standard.

Weaknesses

Return of Stack Variable Address

A function returns the address of a stack variable, which will cause unintended program behavior, typically in the form of a crash.

Concepts

Weaknesses Addressed by the SEI CERT C Coding Standard

CWE entries in this view (graph) are fully or partially eliminated by following the guidance presented in the online wiki that reflects that current rules and recommen...

See Also

  1. SEI CERT C Coding Standard : Rule 02. Declarations and Initialization (DCL)

    The Software Engineering Institute

  2. SEI CERT C Coding Standard : Rec 02. Declarations and Initialization (DCL)

    The Software Engineering Institute

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