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int opener(FILE* file, int *width, int *height, int *data_offset) {
  int file_w;
  int file_h;
  int file_o;
  int offset = 0;

  if (file == NULL) { return -1; }

  if (fscanf(file, "%i %i %i", &file_w, &file_h, &file_o)  != 3) { return -1; }

  if (fsetpos(file, &offset) != 0) { return -1; }

  *width = file_w;
  *height = file_h;
  *data_offset = file_o;

  return 0; 
}

Compliant Solution

In this compliant solution, the opener() function returns a value of type errno_t providing a clear indication that this returns a values that might be found in errno.

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errno_t opener(FILE* file, int *width, int *height, int *data_offset) {
  int file_w;
  int file_h;
  int file_o;
  int rc;
  fpos_t offset;

  if (file == NULL) { return EINVAL; }
  rc = fgetpos(file, &offset);
  if (rc != 0) { return (errno_t)rc; }
  if (fscanf(file, "%i %i %i", &file_w, &file_h, &file_o)  != 3) { return EIO; }
  rc = fsetpos(file, &offset);
  if (rc != 0) { return -1; }

  *width = file_w;
  *height = file_h;
  *data_offset = file_o;

  return 0; 
}

Risk Assessment

The misuse of fsetpos() could move a file stream read to a undesired location in the file. If this location held input from user the user would then gain control of the variables being read from the file.

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DCL08-A

1 (low)

1 (low)

2 (medium)

P2

L3

References

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\[[ISO/IEC TR 24731-2006|AA. C References#ISO/IEC TR 24731-2006]\]
\[[ISO/IEC 9899-1999:TC2|AA. C References#ISO/IEC 9899-1999TC2]\] Section 6.7.5.3, "Function declarators (including prototypes)"