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Comment: REM cost reform

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Treating unsigned data as though it were signed produces incorrect values and can lead to lost or misinterpreted data.

Rule

Severity

Likelihood

Remediation Cost

Detectable

Repairable

Priority

Level

NUM03-J

Low

Unlikely

Medium

No

No

P2

P1

L3

Automated Detection

Automated detection is infeasible in the general case.

Bibliography

[API 2006]

Class DataInputStream: method readInt

[Harold 1997]

Chapter 2, "Primitive Data Types, Cross-Platform Issues, Unsigned Integers"

[Hitchens 2002]

Section 2.4.5, "Accessing Unsigned Data"

[Seacord 2015]
Image result for video iconImage Modified NUM03-J. Use integer types that can fully represent the possible range of unsigned data LiveLesson

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