SEI CERT C Coding Standard - Guidelines 48. Miscellaneous (MSC)
A category in the Common Weakness Enumeration published by The MITRE Corporation.
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 Miscellaneous (MSC) section of the SEI CERT C Coding Standard.
Weaknesses
The software uses an algorithm or scheme that produces insufficient entropy, leaving patterns or clusters of values that are more likely to occur than others.
The software uses an API function, data structure, or other entity in a way that relies on properties that are not always guaranteed to hold for that entity.
The use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm is an unnecessary risk that may result in the exposure of sensitive information.
The product uses a Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) in a security context, but the PRNG's algorithm is not cryptographically strong.
The software uses insufficiently random numbers or values in a security context that depends on unpredictable numbers.
The program invokes a potentially dangerous function that could introduce a vulnerability if it is used incorrectly, but the function can also be used safely.
Concepts
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
- SEI CERT C Coding Standard : Rule 48. Miscellaneous (MSC)
The Software Engineering Institute
- SEI CERT C Coding Standard : Rec 48. Miscellaneous (MSC)
The Software Engineering Institute
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