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CWE C++ Enforcement

ENFORCEMENT HELIX QAC 2024.2

Note the CWEs listed are from CWE 4.12

ALL WEAKNESSES

Rule ID

Description

CWE-14

Compiler Removal of Code to Clear Buffers

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

CWE-78

Improper Sanitization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

CWE-80

Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)

CWE-88

Argument Injection or Modification

CWE-89

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

CWE-99

Improper Control of Resource Identifiers ('Resource Injection')

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-120

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CWE-121

Stack-based Buffer Overflow

CWE-122

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CWE-124

Buffer Underwrite

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-126

Buffer Over-read

CWE-127

Buffer Under-read

CWE-128

Wrap-around Error

CWE-129

Improper Validation of Array Index

CWE-130

Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency

CWE-131

Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size

CWE-170

Improper NULL termination

CWE-176

Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding

CWE-187

Partial Comparison

CWE-188

Reliance on Data/Memory Layout

CWE-190

Integer Overflow or Wraparound

CWE-191

Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)

CWE-192

Integer Coercion Error

CWE-193

Off-by-one Error

CWE-194

Unexpected Sign Extension

CWE-195

Signed to Unsigned Conversion Error

CWE-196

Unsigned to Signed Conversion Error

CWE-197

Numeric Truncation Error

CWE-242

Use of Inherently Dangerous Function

CWE-243

Creation of chroot Jail Without Changing Working Directory

CWE-244

Improper Clearing of Heap Memory Before Release ('Heap Inspection')

CWE-248

Uncaught Exception

CWE-259

Use of Hard-coded Password

CWE-321

Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

CWE-324

Use of a Key Past its Expiration Date

CWE-336

Same seed in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)

CWE-337

Predictable seed in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization

CWE-364

Signal Handler Race Condition

CWE-367

Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

CWE-375

Returning a Mutable Object to an Untrusted Caller

CWE-397

Declaration of Throws for Generic Exception

CWE-401

Improper Release of Memory Before Removing Last Reference ('Memory Leak')

CWE-412

Unrestricted Externally Accessible Lock

CWE-413

Improper Resource Locking

CWE-415

Double Free

CWE-416

Use After Free

CWE-457

Use of Uninitialized Variable

CWE-460

Improper Cleanup on Thrown Exception

CWE-466

Return of Pointer Value Outside of Expected Range

CWE-467

Use of sizeof() on a Pointer Type

CWE-468

Incorrect Pointer Scaling

CWE-469

Use of Pointer Subtraction to Determine Size

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

CWE-478

Missing Default Case in Switch Statement

CWE-479

Unsafe Function Call from a Signal Handler

CWE-480

Use of Incorrect Operator

CWE-481

Assigning instead of Comparing

CWE-482

Comparing instead of Assigning

CWE-483

Incorrect Block Delimitation

CWE-484

Omitted Break Statement in Switch

CWE-489

Active Debug Code

CWE-493

Critical Public Variable Without Final Modifier

CWE-495

Private Array-Typed Field Returned From A Public Method

CWE-500

Public Static Field Not Marked Final

CWE-543

Use of Singleton Pattern Without Synchronization in a Multithreaded Context

CWE-558

Use of getlogin() in Multithreaded Application

CWE-562

Return of Stack Variable Address

CWE-587

Assignment of a Fixed Address to a Pointer

CWE-606

Unchecked Input for Loop Condition

CWE-676

Use of Potentially Dangerous Function

CWE-690

Unchecked Return Value to NULL Pointer Dereference

CWE-704

Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

CWE-733

Compiler Optimization Removal or Modification of Security-critical Code

CWE-762

Mismatched Memory Management Routines

CWE-766

Critical Variable Declared Public

CWE-767

Access to Critical Private Variable via Public Method

CWE-781

Improper Address Validation in IOCTL with METHOD_NEITHER I/O Control Code

CWE-782

Exposed IOCTL with Insufficient Access Control

CWE-783

Operator Precedence Logic Error

CWE-785

Use of Path Manipulation Function without Maximum-sized Buffer

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

CWE-798

Use of Hard-coded Credentials

CWE-805

Buffer Access with Incorrect Length Value

CWE-806

Buffer Access Using Size of Source Buffer

CWE-839

Numeric Range Comparison Without Minimum Check

CWE-843

Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type

CWE-910

Use of Expired File Descriptor

CWE-911

Improper Update of Reference Count

 

CWE-659 - Weaknesses in Software Written in C++

CWE-ID

Description

Enforced

CWE-14

Compiler Removal of Code to Clear Buffers

Yes

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Yes

CWE-120

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

Yes

CWE-121

Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Yes

CWE-122

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Yes

CWE-123

Write-what-where Condition

No

CWE-124

Buffer Underwrite ('Buffer Underflow')

Yes

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

Yes

CWE-126

Buffer Over-read

Yes

CWE-127

Buffer Under-read

Yes

CWE-128

Wrap-around Error

Yes

CWE-129

Improper Validation of Array Index

Yes

CWE-130

Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency

Yes

CWE-131

Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size

Yes

CWE-134

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

No

CWE-135

Incorrect Calculation of Multi-Byte String Length

No

CWE-170

Improper Null Termination

Yes

CWE-188

Reliance on Data/Memory Layout

Yes

CWE-191

Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)

Yes

CWE-192

Integer Coercion Error

Yes

CWE-194

Unexpected Sign Extension

Yes

CWE-195

Signed to Unsigned Conversion Error

Yes

CWE-196

Unsigned to Signed Conversion Error

Yes

CWE-197

Numeric Truncation Error

Yes

CWE-242

Use of Inherently Dangerous Function

Yes

CWE-243

Creation of chroot Jail Without Changing Working Directory

Yes

CWE-244

Improper Clearing of Heap Memory Before Release ('Heap Inspection')

Yes

CWE-248

Uncaught Exception

Yes

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Yes

CWE-364

Signal Handler Race Condition

Yes

CWE-366

Race Condition within a Thread

No

CWE-374

Passing Mutable Objects to an Untrusted Method

No

CWE-375

Returning a Mutable Object to an Untrusted Caller

Yes

CWE-396

Declaration of Catch for Generic Exception

No

CWE-397

Declaration of Throws for Generic Exception

Yes

CWE-401

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

Yes

CWE-415

Double Free

Yes

CWE-416

Use After Free

Yes

CWE-457

Use of Uninitialized Variable

Yes

CWE-460

Improper Cleanup on Thrown Exception

Yes

CWE-462

Duplicate Key in Associative List (Alist)

No

CWE-463

Deletion of Data Structure Sentinel

No

CWE-464

Addition of Data Structure Sentinel

No

CWE-466

Return of Pointer Value Outside of Expected Range

Yes

CWE-467

Use of sizeof() on a Pointer Type

Yes

CWE-468

Incorrect Pointer Scaling

Yes

CWE-469

Use of Pointer Subtraction to Determine Size

Yes

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

Yes

CWE-478

Missing Default Case in Multiple Condition Expression

Yes

CWE-479

Signal Handler Use of a Non-reentrant Function

Yes

CWE-480

Use of Incorrect Operator

Yes

CWE-481

Assigning instead of Comparing

Yes

CWE-482

Comparing instead of Assigning

Yes

CWE-483

Incorrect Block Delimitation

Yes

CWE-484

Omitted Break Statement in Switch

Yes

CWE-493

Critical Public Variable Without Final Modifier

Yes

CWE-495

Private Data Structure Returned From A Public Method

Yes

CWE-496

Public Data Assigned to Private Array-Typed Field

No

CWE-498

Cloneable Class Containing Sensitive Information

No

CWE-500

Public Static Field Not Marked Final

Yes

CWE-543

Use of Singleton Pattern Without Synchronization in a Multithreaded Context

Yes

CWE-558

Use of getlogin() in Multithreaded Application

Yes

CWE-562

Return of Stack Variable Address

Yes

CWE-587

Assignment of a Fixed Address to a Pointer

Yes

CWE-676

Use of Potentially Dangerous Function

Yes

CWE-690

Unchecked Return Value to NULL Pointer Dereference

Yes

CWE-704

Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

Yes

CWE-733

Compiler Optimization Removal or Modification of Security-critical Code

Assisted

CWE-762

Mismatched Memory Management Routines

Yes

CWE-766

Critical Data Element Declared Public

Yes

CWE-767

Access to Critical Private Variable via Public Method

Yes

CWE-781

Improper Address Validation in IOCTL with METHOD_NEITHER I/O Control Code

Yes

CWE-782

Exposed IOCTL with Insufficient Access Control

Yes

CWE-783

Operator Precedence Logic Error

Yes

CWE-785

Use of Path Manipulation Function without Maximum-sized Buffer

Yes

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

Yes

CWE-789

Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value

No

CWE-805

Buffer Access with Incorrect Length Value

Yes

CWE-806

Buffer Access Using Size of Source Buffer

Yes

CWE-839

Numeric Range Comparison Without Minimum Check

Yes

CWE-843

Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

Yes

CWE-910

Use of Expired File Descriptor

Yes

CWE-911

Improper Update of Reference Count

Yes

CWE-1325

Improperly Controlled Sequential Memory Allocation

No

CWE-1335

Incorrect Bitwise Shift of Integer

No

CWE-1341

Multiple Releases of Same Resource or Handle

No

 

CWE-868 - Weaknesses Addressed by the SEI CERT C Coding Standard

Rule ID

Description

Enforced

CWE-869- Rule 01. Preprocessors (PRE)

 

No

CWE-870 - Rule 02. Declarations and Initialization (DCL)

 

No

CWE-871 - Rule 03. Expressions (EXP)

 

No

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

Yes

CWE-480

Use of Incorrect Operator

Yes

CWE-768

Incorrect Short Circuit Evaluation

No

CWE-872 - Rule 04. Integers (INT)

 

No

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

Yes

CWE-129

Improper Validation of Array Index

Yes

CWE-190

Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Yes

CWE-192

Integer Coercion Error

Yes

CWE-197

Numeric Truncation Error

Yes

CWE-369

Divide By Zero

No

CWE-466

Return of Pointer Value Outside of Expected Range

Yes

CWE-587

Assignment of a Fixed Address to a Pointer

Yes

CWE-606

Unchecked Input for Loop Condition

Yes

CWE-676

Use of Potentially Dangerous Function

Yes

CWE-681

Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types

No

CWE-682

Incorrect Calculation

No

CWE-872

Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

No

CWE-873 - Rule 05. Floating Point Arithmetic (FLP)

 

No

CWE-369

Divide By Zero

No

CWE-681

Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types

No

CWE-682

Incorrect Calculation

No

CWE-686

Function Call With Incorrect Argument Type

No

CWE-874 - Rule 06. Arrays and the STL(ARR)

 

No

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Yes

CWE-129

Improper Validation of Array Index

Yes

CWE-467

Use of sizeof() on a Pointer Type

Yes

CWE-469

Use of Pointer Subtraction to Determine Size

Yes

CWE-665

Improper Initialization

No

CWE-805

Buffer Access with Incorrect Length Value

Yes

CWE-875 - Rule 07. Characters and String (STR)

 

No

CWE-78

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Yes

CWE-88

Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')

Yes

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Yes

CWE-120

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

Yes

CWE-170

Improper Null Termination

No

CWE-193

Off-by-one Error

Yes

CWE-464

Addition of Data Structure Sentinel

No

CWE-686

Function Call With Incorrect Argument Type

No

CWE-704

Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

Yes

CWE-876 - Rule 08. Memory management (MEM)

 

No

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

Yes

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Yes

CWE-128

Wrap-around Error

Yes

CWE-131

Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size

Yes

CWE-190

Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Yes

CWE-226

Sensitive Information in Resource Not Removed Before Reuse

No

CWE-244

Improper Clearing of Heap Memory Before Release ('Heap Inspection')

Yes

CWE-252

Unchecked Return Value

No

CWE-391

Unchecked Error Condition

No

CWE-404

Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

No

CWE-415

Double Free

Yes

CWE-416

Use After Free

Yes

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

Yes

CWE-528

Exposure of Core Dump File to an Unauthorized Control Sphere

No

CWE-590

Free of Memory not on the Heap

No

CWE-591

Sensitive Data Storage in Improperly Locked Memory

No

CWE-665

Improper Initialization

No

CWE-687

Function Call With Incorrectly Specified Argument Value

No

CWE-690

Unchecked Return Value to NULL Pointer Dereference

Yes

CWE-703

Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions

No

CWE-754

Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions

No

CWE-762

Mismatched Memory Management Routines

Yes

CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

No

CWE-822

Untrusted Pointer Dereference

No

CWE-877- Rule 09. Input Output (FIO)

 

No

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

No

CWE-37

Path Traversal: '/absolute/pathname/here'

No

CWE-38

Path Traversal: '\absolute\pathname\here'

No

CWE-39

Path Traversal: 'C:dirname'

No

CWE-41

Improper Resolution of Path Equivalence

No

CWE-59

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

No

CWE-62

UNIX Hard Link

No

CWE-64

Windows Shortcut Following (.LNK)

No

CWE-65

Windows Hard Link

No

CWE-67

Improper Handling of Windows Device Names

No

CWE-73

External Control of File Name or Path

No

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Yes

CWE-134

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

No

CWE-241

Improper Handling of Unexpected Data Type

No

CWE-276

Incorrect Default Permissions

No

CWE-279

Incorrect Execution-Assigned Permissions

No

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Yes

CWE-367

Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

No

CWE-379

Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions

No

CWE-391

Unchecked Error Condition

No

CWE-403

Exposure of File Descriptor to Unintended Control Sphere ('File Descriptor Leak')

No

CWE-404

Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

No

CWE-552

Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

No

CWE-675

Multiple Operations on Resource in Single-Operation Context

No

CWE-676

Use of Potentially Dangerous Function

Yes

CWE-732

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

No

CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

No

CWE-878 - Rule 10. Environment (ENV)

 

No

CWE-78

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Yes

CWE-88

Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')

Yes

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Yes

CWE-426

Untrusted Search Path

No

CWE-462

Duplicate Key in Associative List (Alist)

No

CWE-705

Incorrect Control Flow Scoping

No

CWE-807

Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security Decision

No

CWE-879 - Rule 11. Signals (SIG)

 

No

CWE-479

Signal Handler Use of a Non-reentrant Function

Yes

CWE-662

Improper Synchronization

No

CWE-880 - Rule 12. Exceptions and Error Handling (ERR)

 

No

CWE-209

Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information

No

CWE-390

Detection of Error Condition Without Action

No

CWE-391

Unchecked Error Condition

No

CWE-460

Improper Cleanup on Thrown Exception

Yes

CWE-497

Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere

No

CWE-544

Missing Standardized Error Handling Mechanism

No

CWE-703

Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions

No

CWE-705

Incorrect Control Flow Scoping

No

CWE-754

Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions

No

CWE-755

Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

No

CWE-881 - Rule 13. Object Oriented Programming (OOP)

 

No

CWE-882 - Rule 14. Concurrency (CON)

 

No

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Yes

CWE-366

Race Condition within a Thread

No

CWE-404

Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

No

CWE-488

Exposure of Data Element to Wrong Session

No

CWE-772

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

No

CWE-883 - Rule 48. Miscellaneous (MISC)

 

No

CWE-14

Compiler Removal of Code to Clear Buffers

Yes

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

Yes

CWE-116

Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

No

CWE-176

Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding

Yes

CWE-327

Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

No

CWE-330

Use of Insufficiently Random Values

No

CWE-480

Use of Incorrect Operator

Yes

CWE-482

Comparing instead of Assigning

Yes

CWE-561

Dead Code

No

CWE-563

Assignment to Variable without Use

No

CWE-570

Expression is Always False

No

CWE-571

Expression is Always True

No

CWE-697

Incorrect Comparison

No

CWE-704

Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

Yes