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Related Guidelines

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MITRE CWE

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CERT CSEI CERT C++ Coding StandardFIO51-CPP. Close files when they are no longer neededPrior to 2018-01-12: CERT: Unspecified Relationship
CERT Oracle Secure Coding Standard for JavaFIO04-J. Release resources when they are no longer neededPrior to 2018-01-12: CERT: Unspecified Relationship
ISO/IEC TS 17961:2013Failing to close files or free dynamic memory when they are no longer needed [fileclose]Prior to 2018-01-12: CERT: Unspecified Relationship
CWE 2.11CWE-404, Improper Resource Shutdown or Release2017-07-06: CERT: Rule subset of CWE
CWE 2.11CWE-4592017-07-06: CERT: Rule subset of CWE
CWE 2.11CWE-7722017-07-06: CERT: Rule subset of CWE
CWE 2.11CWE-7732017-07-06: CERT: Rule subset of CWE
CWE 2.11CWE-7752017-07-06: CERT: Rule subset of CWE

CERT-CWE Mapping Notes

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CWE-773/CWE-775 and FIO42-C

CWE-773 = CWE-775

CWE-773 = Union( FIO42-C, list) where list =

  • Failure to free resource handles besides files

CWE-404/CWE-459/CWE-771/CWE-772 and FIO42-C/MEM31-C

Intersection( FIO42-C, MEM31-C) = Ø CWE-404 = CWE-459 = CWE-771 = CWE-772

CWE-404 = Union( FIO42-C, MEM31-C list) where list =

  • Failure to free resources besides files or memory chunks, such as mutexes)

Bibliography

[IEEE Std 1003.1:2013]XSH, System Interfaces, open

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