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The effects of accessing bits of an object representation that are not part of the object's value representation can range from implementation-defined behavior (such as assuming the layout of fields with differing access controls) to code execution vulnerabilities (such as overwriting the vtable pointer).
Rule | Severity | Likelihood | Remediation Cost | Priority | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EXP62-CPP | High | Probable | High | P6 | L2 |
Automated Detection
Tool | Version | Checker | Description | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDRA tool suite |
| 618 S | Partially implemented | ||||||
| PVS-Studio | 6.22 | V598, V780 | General analysis rule set |
Related Vulnerabilities
Search for vulnerabilities resulting from the violation of this rule on the CERT website.
Related Guidelines
| SEI CERT C++ Coding Standard | OOP57-CPP. Prefer special member functions and overloaded operators to C Standard Library functions |
Bibliography
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