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Title:	MSC24-C. Do not use deprecated or obsolescent functions
Author:	Robert Seacord	Jul 10, 2009
Last Changed by:	David Svoboda	Mar 15, 2022
Tiny Link: (useful for email)	https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/x/hNYxBQ
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SEI CERT C Coding Standard (4)     Page: ERR07-C. Prefer functions that support error checking over equivalent functions that don't     Page: PRE09-C. Do not replace secure functions with deprecated or obsolescent functions     Page: MSC33-C. Do not pass invalid data to the asctime() function     Page: STR31-C. Guarantee that storage for strings has sufficient space for character data and the null terminator

SEI CERT Perl Coding Standard (1)     Page: EXP30-PL. Do not use deprecated or obsolete functions or modules

Parent Page     Page: Rec. 48. Miscellaneous (MSC)

• cwe-242
• cwe-367
• rose-possible
• exportable-java
• android-applicable
• cwe-197
• exportable-c++
• recommendation
• cwe-464
• cwe-192
• cwe-676
• msc
• cwe-73
• cwe-119
• cwe-20

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Jan 07, 2022 16:12	David Svoboda	View Changes
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