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This rule appears in the C++ Secure Coding Standard as INT11-CPP. Take care when converting from pointer to integer or integer to pointer.

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\[[ISO/IEC 9899:1999|AA. C References#ISO/IEC 9899-1999]\] Section 6.3.2.3, "Pointers"
\[[ISO/IEC PDTR 24772|AA. C References#ISO/IEC PDTR 24772]\] "HFC Pointer casting and pointer type changes"
\[[MITRE 07|AA. C References#MITRE 07]\] [CWE ID 466|http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/466.html], "Return of Pointer Value Outside of Expected Range," and [CWE ID 587|http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/587.html], "Assignment of a Fixed Address to a Pointer"

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