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Automated Detection
Tool | Version | Checker | Description | ||||||||||||||||
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| Axivion Bauhaus Suite |
| CertC-FIO34 | |||||||||||||||||
| CodeSonar |
| LANG.CAST.COERCE | Coercion alters value | ||||||||||||||||
| Compass/ROSE | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coverity |
| CHAR_IO | Identifies defects when the return value of | ||||||||||||||||
| ECLAIR | 1.2 | CC2.FIO34 | Partially implemented | ||||||||||||||||
| Helix QAC |
| C2676, C2678 C++2676, C++2678, C++3001, C++3010, C++3051, C++3137, C++3717 | |||||||||||||||||
| Klocwork |
| CWARN.CMPCHR.EOF | |||||||||||||||||
| LDRA tool suite |
| 662 S | Fully implemented | ||||||||||||||||
| Parasoft C/C++test |
| CERT_C-FIO34-a | The macro EOF should be compared with the unmodified return value from the Standard Library function | ||||||||||||||||
| Checks for character values absorbed into EOF (rule partially covered) | PRQA QA-C | |||||||||||||||||
| Include Page | PRQA QA-C_v | PRQA QA-C_v | 2676, 2678 | PRQA QA-C++ | |||||||||||||||
| Include Page | cplusplus:PRQA QA-C++_V | cplusplus:PRQA QA-C++_V | 2676, 2678, 3001, 3010, 3051, 3137, 3717 | ||||||||||||||||
| Splint | 3.1.1 |
Related Vulnerabilities
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Related Guidelines
Key here (explains table format and definitions)
Taxonomy | Taxonomy item | Relationship |
|---|---|---|
| CERT C Secure Coding Standard | STR00-C. Represent characters using an appropriate type | Prior to 2018-01-12: CERT: Unspecified Relationship |
| CERT C Secure Coding Standard | INT31-C. Ensure that integer conversions do not result in lost or misinterpreted data | Prior to 2018-01-12: CERT: Unspecified Relationship |
| CERT Oracle Secure Coding Standard for Java | FIO08-J. Use an int to capture the return value of methods that read a character or byte | Prior to 2018-01-12: CERT: Unspecified Relationship |
| ISO/IEC TS 17961:2013 | Using character values that are indistinguishable from EOF [chreof] | Prior to 2018-01-12: CERT: Unspecified Relationship |
| CWE 2.11 | CWE-197 | 2017-06-14: CERT: Rule subset of CWE |
CERT-CWE Mapping Notes
Key here for mapping notes
CWE-197 and FIO34-C
Independent( FLP34-C, INT31-C) FIO34-C = Subset( INT31-C)
Therefore: FIO34-C = Subset( CWE-197)
Bibliography
| [Kettlewell 2002] | Section 1.2, "<stdio.h> and Character Types" |
| [NIST 2006] | SAMATE Reference Dataset Test Case ID 000-000-088 |
| [Summit 2005] | Question 12.2 |