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Search for vulnerabilities resulting from the violation of this rule on the CERT website.
Related Guidelines
CERT C++ Secure Coding Standard: FLP34-CPP. Ensure that floating point conversions are within range of the new type
Java The CERT Oracle Secure Coding Standard for Java: FLP03-J. Range check before casting floating point numbers to narrower types
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\[[ISO/IEC 9899:1999|AA. Bibliography#ISO/IEC 9899-1999]\] Section 6.3.1.4, "Real floating and integer," and Section 6.3.1.5, "Real floating types" \[[
ISO/IEC PDTR 24772|AA. Bibliography#ISO/IEC PDTR 24772]\] TR 24772 "FLC Numeric Conversion Errors"
MITRE CWE: CWE-681, "Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types"
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\[[IEEE 754|AA. Bibliography#IEEE 754 2006]\] IEEE 754-1985 Standard for Binary Floating-Point Arithmetic \[[MITRE 2007|AA. Bibliography#MITRE 07]\] [CWE ID 681|http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/681.html], "Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types" |
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FLP33-C. Convert integers to floating point for floating point operations 05. Floating Point (FLP) FLP35-C. Take granularity into account when comparing floating point values