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Exception handlers with inverted priorities cause unexpected control flow when an exception of the derived type occurs.
Rule | Severity | Likelihood | Detectable | RepairableRemediation Cost | Priority | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ERR54-CPP | Medium | Likely | Yes | LowYes | P18 | L1 |
Automated Detection
Tool | Version | Checker | Description | |||||||||||
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| Astrée |
| exception-caught-by-earlier-handler | Fully checked | |||||||||||
| Axivion Bauhaus Suite |
| CertC++-ERR54 | ||||||||||||
| Clang |
| -Wexceptions | ||||||||||||
| CodeSonar |
| LANG.STRUCT.UCTCH | Masked by handler | |||||||||||
| CP1.ERR36 | Fully implemented | ||||||||||||
| Helix QAC |
| C++4030, C++4639 | ||||||||||||
| Klocwork |
| MISRA.CATCH.NOALL MISRA.CATCH.WRONGORD | ||||||||||||
| LDRA tool suite |
| 541 S, 556 S | Fully implemented | |||||||||||
| Parasoft C/C++test |
| EXCEPT-17 | CERT_CPP-ERR54-a | Where multiple handlers are provided in a single try-catch statement or function-try-block for a derived class and some or all of its bases, the handlers shall be ordered most-derived to base class | ||||||||||
| Polyspace Bug Finder |
| CERT C++: ERR54-CPP | Checks for:
Rule fully covered. | PRQA QA-C++ | | Include Page | | PRQA QA-C++_V | PRQA QA-C++_V | 4030, 4639||||||
| PVS-Studio |
| V759 | ||||||||||||
| RuleChecker |
| exception-caught-by-earlier-handler | Fully checked | |||||||||||
| SonarQube C/C++ Plugin |
| S1045 |
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