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MISC.MEM.NTERM
LANG.MEM.BO
LANG.MEM.TO

No space for null terminator
Buffer overrun
Type overrun

 C++5216

DF2835, DF2836, DF2839,

489 S, 66 X, 70 X, 71 X

Partially implemented

CERT_CPP-STR50-b
CERT_CPP-STR50-c
CERT_CPP-STR50-e
CERT_CPP-STR50-f
CERT_CPP-STR50-g

Avoid overflow due to reading a not zero terminated string
Avoid overflow when writing to a buffer
Prevent buffer overflows from tainted data
Avoid buffer write overflow from tainted data
Do not use the 'char' buffer to store input from 'std::cin'

Checks for:

• Use of dangerous standard function
• Missing null in string array
• Buffer overflow from incorrect string format specifier
• Destination buffer overflow in string manipulation
• Insufficient destination buffer size

Rule partially covered.