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Tool

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Checker

Description

Astrée
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Astrée_V
Astrée_V
dangling_pointer_use

Supported

Astrée reports all accesses to freed allocated memory.

Axivion Bauhaus Suite

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Axivion Bauhaus Suite_V
Axivion Bauhaus Suite_V

CertC-MEM30Detects memory accesses after its deallocation and double memory deallocations
CodeSonar
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CodeSonar_V
CodeSonar_V

ALLOC.UAF

Use after free
Compass/ROSE




Coverity

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Coverity_V
Coverity_V

USE_AFTER_FREE

Can detect the specific instances where memory is deallocated more than once or read/written to the target of a freed pointer

Helix QAC

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Helix QAC_V
Helix QAC_V

C4866DF4866, C4867DF4867, C4868DF4868, C4871DF4871, C4872DF4872, C4873DF4873

C++3339, C++4303, C++4304, C++4866, C++4867, C++4868, C++4871, C++4872, C++4873


Klocwork
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Klocwork_V
Klocwork_V
UFM.DEREF.MIGHT
UFM.DEREF.MUST
UFM.FFM.MIGHT
UFM.FFM.MUST
UFM.RETURN.MIGHT
UFM.RETURN.MUST
UFM.USE.MIGHT
UFM.USE.MUST


LDRA tool suite
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LDRA_V
LDRA_V

51 D, 484 S, 112 D

Partially implemented

Parasoft C/C++test
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Parasoft_V
Parasoft_V

CERT_C-MEM30-a

Do not use resources that have been freed
Parasoft Insure++

Runtime analysis
PC-lint Plus

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PC-lint Plus_V
PC-lint Plus_V

449, 2434

Fully supported

Polyspace Bug Finder

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Polyspace Bug Finder_V
Polyspace Bug Finder_V

CERT C: Rule MEM30-C

Checks for:

  • Accessing previously freed pointer
  • Freeing previously freed pointer

Rule partially covered.

PRQA QA-C

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PRQA QA-C_v
PRQA QA-C_v

2731, 2732, 2733
PRQA QA-C++

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cplusplus:PRQA QA-C++_V
cplusplus:PRQA QA-C++_V

3339, 4303, 4304 
PVS-Studio

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PVS-Studio_V
PVS-Studio_V

V586, V774
Splint
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Splint_V
Splint_V



TrustInSoft Analyzer

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TrustInSoft Analyzer_V
TrustInSoft Analyzer_V

dangling_pointer

Exhaustively verified (see one compliant and one non-compliant example).

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