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CodeSonar
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CodeSonar_V
CodeSonar_V
LANG.MEM.UVARUninitialized Variable
Compass/ROSE  

Automatically detects simple violations of this rule, although it may return some false positives. It may not catch more complex violations, such as initialization within functions taking uninitialized variables as arguments. It does catch the second noncompliant code example, and can be extended to catch the first as well

Coverity6.5

UNINIT
NO_EFFECT

Fully implemented

Can find cases of an uninitialized variable being used before it is initialized, although it cannot detect cases of uninitialized members of a struct. Because Coverity Prevent cannot discover all violations of this rule, further verification is necessary

Fortify SCA  

Can detect violations of this rule but will return false positives if the initialization was done in another function

GCC4.3.5 

Can detect some   violations of this rule when the -Wuninitialized flag is used

Klocwork

9.1

UNINIT.HEAP.MIGHT
UNINIT.HEAP.MUST
UNINIT.STACK.ARRAY.MIGHT
UNINIT.STACK.ARRAY.MUST UNINIT.STACK.ARRAY.PARTIAL.MUST
UNINIT.STACK.MUST

 

LDRA tool suite

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LDRA_V
LDRA_V

57 D
69 D

Fully implemented

PRQA QA-C
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PRQA QA-C_Vv
PRQA QA-C_Vv
2961 (D)
2962 (A)
2963 (S)
2971 (D)
2972 (A),2962,2963,2966,2967,2968,2971,2972,2973, 2976, 2977, 2978
Fully implemented
Splint3.1.1  

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CERT C Secure Coding StandardMSC00-C. Compile cleanly at high warning levels
MSC01-C. Strive for logical completeness
CERT C++ Secure Coding StandardEXP33EXP53-CPP. Do not reference read uninitialized memory
ISO/IEC TR 24772:2013Initialization of Variables [LAV]
ISO/IEC TS 17961Referencing uninitialized memory [uninitref]
MITRE CWECWE-119, Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-665, Improper Initialization

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