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Slicing results in information loss, which could lead to abnormal program execution or denial-of-service attacks.
Rule | Severity | Likelihood | Remediation Cost | Priority | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OOP51-CPP | Low | Probable | Medium | P4 | L3 |
Automated Detection
Tool | Version | Checker | Description | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CodeSonar |
| LANG.CAST.OBJSLICE | Object Slicing | ||||||
| Helix QAC |
| C++3072 | |||||||
| Parasoft C/C++test |
3072, 3073
| CERT_CPP-OOP51-a | Avoid slicing function arguments / return value | |||||||
| Polyspace Bug Finder |
| CERT C++: OOP51-CPP | Checks for object slicing (rule partially covered) | ||||||
| PVS-Studio |
| V1054 |
Related Vulnerabilities
Search for other vulnerabilities resulting from the violation of this rule on the CERT website.
Related Guidelines
| SEI CERT C++ Coding Standard | ERR61-CPP. Catch exceptions by lvalue reference |
| SEI CERT C Coding Standard |
Bibliography
| [Dewhurst |
| 2002] | Gotcha #38, "Slicing" |
| [ISO/IEC 14882-2014] | Subclause 12.8, "Copying and Moving Class Objects" |
| [Sutter |
| 2000] | Item 40, "Object Lifetimes—Part I" |
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