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Failure to follow this recommendation can result in memory corruption from buffer overflows, which can easily corrupt data or yield remote code execution.
Rule | Severity | Likelihood | Remediation Cost | Priority | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
API01-C | High | Likely | High | P9 | L2 |
Automated Detection
Tool | Version | Checker | Description | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parasoft C/C++test |
| CERT_C-API01-a | Avoid overflow when writing to a buffer |