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Rule | Severity | Likelihood | Remediation Cost | Priority | Level |
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MEM31-C | Medium | Probable | Medium | P8 | L2 |
Automated Detection
Tool | Version | Checker | Description | ||||||
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| CodeSonar |
| ALLOC.LEAK | Leak | ||||||
| Compass/ROSE | |||||||||
| RESOURCE_LEAK | Finds resource leaks from variables that go out of scope while owning a resource | |||||||
| Cppcheck |
| leakReturnValNotUsed | Return value of memory allocation function is not used. | ||||||
5.0 | |||||||||
| MLK | ||||||||
| 484 S, 112 D | Partially implemented | |||||||
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Related Guidelines
| SEI CERT C++ Coding Standard | VOID MEM31-CPP. Free dynamically allocated memory exactly once |
| ISO/IEC TR 24772:2013 | Memory Leak [XYL] |
| ISO/IEC TS 17961 | Failing to close files or free dynamic memory when they are no longer needed [fileclose] |
| MITRE CWE | CWE-401, Improper Release of Memory Before Removing Last Reference ("Memory Leak") |
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