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Incorrectly using a variadic function can result in abnormal program termination or unintended information disclosure.
Recommendation | Severity | Likelihood | Remediation Cost | Priority | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DCL10-C | High | Probable | High | P6 | L2 |
Related Vulnerabilities
Search for vulnerabilities resulting from the violation of this rule on the CERT website.
Automated Detection
Tool | Version | Checker | Description | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astrée |
| Supported, but no explicit checker | |||||||
| Helix QAC |
| C0185, C0184 | |||||||
| Klocwork |
| SV.FMT_STR.PRINT_PARAMS_WRONGNUM.FEW SV.FMT_STR.PRINT_PARAMS_WRONGNUM.MANY SV.FMT_STR.SCAN_PARAMS_WRONGNUM.FEW SV.FMT_STR.SCAN_PARAMS_WRONGNUM.MANY | |||||||
| LDRA tool suite |
| 41 S |
Partially implemented
0185
0184
Enhanced Enforcement | |||||||||
| Parasoft C/C++test |
| CERT_C-DCL10-a | The number of format specifiers in the format string and the number of corresponding arguments in the invocation of a string formatting function should be equal | ||||||
| PC-lint Plus |
| 558, 719 | Assistance provided: reports issues involving format strings | ||||||
| Polyspace Bug Finder |
| Checks for format string specifiers and arguments mismatch (rec. partially covered) |
Related Guidelines
| ISO/IEC TR 24772:2013 | Subprogram Signature Mismatch [OTR] |
| MISRA C:2012 | Rule 17.1 (required) |
| MITRE CWE | CWE-628, Function call with incorrectly specified arguments |
Bibliography
| [Seacord 2013] | Chapter 6, "Formatted Output" |
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