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IO.INJ.FMT
MISC.FMT

Format string injection
Format string

Can detect violations of this recommendation when the -Wformat flag is used

SV.FMT_STR.PRINT_FORMAT_MISMATCH.BAD
SV.FMT_STR.PRINT_FORMAT_MISMATCH.UNDESIRED
SV.FMT_STR.PRINT_IMPROP_LENGTH
SV.FMT_STR.PRINT_PARAMS_WRONGNUM.FEW

486 S
589 S

Fully implemented

CERT_C-FIO47-a
CERT_C-FIO47-b
CERT_C-FIO47-c
CERT_C-FIO47-d
CERT_C-FIO47-e
CERT_C-FIO47-f

There should be no mismatch between the '%s' and '%c' format specifiers in the format string and their corresponding arguments in the invocation of a string formatting function
There should be no mismatch between the '%f' format specifier in the format string and its corresponding argument in the invocation of a string formatting function
There should be no mismatch between the '%i' and '%d' format specifiers in the string and their corresponding arguments in the invocation of a string formatting function
There should be no mismatch between the '%u' format specifier in the format string and its corresponding argument in the invocation of a string formatting function
There should be no mismatch between the '%p' format specifier in the format string and its corresponding argument in the invocation of a string formatting function
The number of format specifiers in the format string and the number of corresponding arguments in the invocation of a string formatting function should be equal

Check for format string specifiers and arguments mismatch (rule fully covered)

0161, 0162, 0163, 0164, 0165, 0166, 0167, 0168, 0169,

0170, 0171, 0172, 0173, 0174, 0175, 0176, 0177, 0178,

0179 [U], 0180 [C99], 0184 [U], 0185 [U], 0190 [U],

0191 [U], 0192 [U], 0193 [U], 0194 [U], 0195 [U], 0196 [U],

0197 [U], 0198 [U], 0199 [U], 0200 [U], 0201 [U], 0202 [I],

0204 [U], 0206 [U]