SEI CERT C Coding Standard

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Tool

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Checker

Description

Compass/ROSE

 

 

Could detect violations of this recommendation merely by searching for the use of "magic numbers" and magic strings in the code itself. That is, any number (except a few canonical numbers: −1, 0, 1, 2) that appears in the code anywhere besides where assigned to a variable is a magic number and should instead be assigned to a const integer, enum, or macro. Likewise, any string literal (except "" and individual characters) that appears in the code anywhere besides where assigned to a char* or char[] is a magic string

ECLAIR

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ECLAIR_V
ECLAIR_V

CC2.DCL06

Fully implemented

LDRA tool suite

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LDRA_V
LDRA_V

201 S

Fully implemented

PRQA QA-C
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PRQA QA-C_Vv
PRQA QA-C_Vv

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3132

Partially implemented

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Related Guidelines

CERT C++ Secure Coding StandardDCL06-CPP. Use meaningful symbolic constants to represent literal values in program logic
MITRE CWECWE-547, Use of hard-coded, security-relevant constants

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