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Throwing unexpected exceptions disrupts control flow and can cause premature termination and denial of service.
Rule | Severity | Likelihood | Remediation Cost | Priority | Level |
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ERR55-CPP | Low | Likely | Low | P9 | L2 |
Automated Detection
Tool | Version | Checker | Description | ||||||
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| Axivion Bauhaus Suite |
| CertC++-ERR55 | |||||||
| LDRA tool suite |
| 56 D | Partially implemented | ||||||
| Parasoft C/C++Test |
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| MISRA2008-15_5_2, EXCEPT-14 |
| PRQA QA-C++ | 4.1 | 4035, 4036, 4632 |
Related Vulnerabilities
Search for vulnerabilities resulting from the violation of this rule on the CERT website.
Related Guidelines
Bibliography
| [GNU 2016] | "Declaring Attributes of Functions" |
| [ISO/IEC 14882-2014] | Subclause 15.4, "Exception Specifications" |
| [MSDN 2016] | "nothrow (C++)" |
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