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This rule appears in the C++ Secure Coding Standard as MEM35-CPP. Allocate sufficient memory for an object.

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\[[Coverity 07|AA. C References#Coverity 07]\]
\[[ISO/IEC 9899:1999|AA. C References#ISO/IEC 9899-1999]\] Section 7.20.3, "Memory Management Functions"
\[[ISO/IEC PDTR 24772|AA. C References#ISO/IEC PDTR 24772]\] "XYB Buffer Overflow in Heap"
\[[MITRE 07|AA. C References#MITRE 07]\] [CWE ID 190|http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/190.html], "Integer Overflow (Wrap or Wraparound)," and [CWE ID 131|http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/131.html], "Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size"
\[[Seacord 05|AA. C References#Seacord 05]\] Chapter 4, "Dynamic Memory Management," and Chapter 5, "Integer Security"

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