The sizeof operator yields the size (in bytes) of its operand, which may be an expression or the parenthesized name of a type. If the type of the operand is not a variable length array type the operand is not evaluated.
Providing an expression that appears to produce side effects may be misleading to programmers who are not aware that these expressions are not evaluated. As a result, programmers may make invalid assumptions about program state leading to errors and possible software vulnerabilities.
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Risk Assessment
Rule |
Severity |
Likelihood |
Remediation Cost |
Priority |
Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EXP06-A |
1 (low) |
1 (unlikely) |
3 (low) |
P3 |
L3 |
Examples of vulnerabilities resulting from the violation of this recommendation can be found on the
CERT website.
References
[[ISO/IEC 9899-1999]] Section 6.5.3.4, "The sizeof operator"