CWE-482

Comparing instead of Assigning

Medium

Description

The code uses an operator for comparison when the intention was to perform an assignment.

Potential Impact

Availability: Unexpected State

How to Fix

Testing

Many IDEs and static analysis products will detect this problem.

Detection Methods

Automated Static Analysis: Automated static analysis, commonly referred to as Static Application Security Testing (SAST), can find some instances of this weakness by analyzing source code (or binary/compiled code) without havin...

Related Weaknesses

References

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