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Title:	INT05-C. Do not use input functions to convert character data if they cannot handle all possible inputs
Author:	Admin	Aug 09, 2006
Last Changed by:	David Svoboda	May 20, 2025
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SEI CERT C Coding Standard (1)     Page: MSC24-C. Do not use deprecated or obsolescent functions

Parent Page     Page: Rec. 04. Integers (INT)

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• compass/rose
• review
• android-applicable
• rose-partial
• input
• recommendation
• int

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    cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/192.html
    www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online/pages/man3/scanf.3.html
    cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/197.html
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