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Comment: new precise mapping different than old one to same CWE, plus new Mapping Notes section with set notation (this time not an exact match)

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CERT CCTR54-CPP. Do not subtract iterators that do not refer to the same containerPrior to 2018-01-12: CERT: Unspecified Relationship
ISO/IEC TS 17961Subtracting or comparing two pointers that do not refer to the same array [ptrobj]Prior to 2018-01-12: CERT: Unspecified Relationship
CWE 2.11CWE-469, Use of Pointer Subtraction to Determine Size

2017-07-10: CERT: Exact

CWE 3.11CWE-469, Use of Pointer Subtraction to Determine Size2018-10-18:CERT:CWE subset of rule

CERT-CWE Mapping Notes

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CWE-469 and ARR36-C

CWE-469 = Subset(ARR36-C)

ARR36-C = Union(CWE-469, list) where list =


  • Pointer comparisons that are not subtractions, where the pointers do not refer to the same array

Bibliography

[Banahan 2003]Section 5.3, "Pointers"
Section 5.7, "Expressions Involving Pointers"
[ISO/IEC 9899:2011]

6.5.6, "Additive Operators"

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