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This rule appears in the C Secure Coding Standard as MSC30-C. Do not use the rand() function for generating pseudorandom numbers.
This rule appears in the C++ Secure Coding Standard as
Related Guidelines
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CWE ID 327, "Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm" | |
CWE ID 330, "Use of Insufficiently Random Values" | |
MSC30-CPP. Do not use the rand() function for generating pseudorandom numbers | |
| CWE ID 332, "Insufficient Entropy in PRNG" |
| CWE ID 333, "Improper Handling of Insufficient Entropy in TRNG" |
| CWE ID 336, "Same Seed in PRNG" |
| CWE ID 337, "Predictable Seed in PRNG" |
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