Formatted Do not use functions that input character data and convert the data if these functions cannot handle all possible inputs. For example, formatted input functions such as scanf(), fscanf(), vscanf(), and vfscanf() can be used to read string data from stdin or (in the cases of fscanf() and vfscanf()) other input stream. These functions work fine for valid integer values but lack robust error handling for invalid values.
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Risk Assessment
While it is relativley rare for a violation of this rule to result in a security vulnerability, it could more easily result in loss or misinterpreted data.
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Examples of vulnerabilities resulting from the violation of this recommendation can be found on the CERT website.
References
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\[[Klein 02|AA. C References#Klein 02]] \[[ISO/IEC 9899-1999|AA. C References#ISO/IEC 9899-1999]] Section 7.20.1.4, "The strtol, strtoll, strtoul, and strtoull functions," and Section 7.19.6, "Formatted input/output functions" |