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This noncompliant code example uses the scanf() function to read a string from stdin and convert it to a long. The scanf() and fscanf() functions have undefined behavior if the value of the result of this operation cannot be represented as an integer.
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This compliant example uses the Linux scanf() implementation's built-in error handling to validate input. On Linux platforms, scanf() sets errno to ERANGE if the result of integer conversion cannot be represented within the size specified by the format string [Linux 2008]. Note that this is a platform-dependent solution. Therefore, it should be used only where portability is not a concern.
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Although it is relatively rare for a violation of this recommendation to result in a security vulnerability, it can easily result in lost or misinterpreted data.
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Tool | Version | Checker | Description | ||||||
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Fortify SCA | V. 5.0 |
| Can detect violations of this recommendation with the CERT C Rule Pack. | ||||||
Compass/ROSE |
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| Can detect violations of this recommendation. In particular, it notes uses of the | ||||||
| PRQA QA-C |
| Warncall for scanf etc | Fully implemented |
Related Vulnerabilities
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MITRE CWE: CWE-197, "Numeric truncation error"
Bibliography
[Klein 2002]
[Linux 2008] scanf(3)
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