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CWE-710: Improper Adherence to Coding Standards
What it is
The product does not follow certain coding rules for development, which can lead to resultant weaknesses or increase the severity of the associated vulnerabilities.
- Severity (our rating)
- Medium
- Likelihood of exploit
- Not rated by MITRE
- Introduced during
- Architecture and Design, Implementation
- Exploited in the wild
- No CVE in CISA's catalog
What an attacker can do
- Other (Other)
How to prevent it
Policy
- Select and require coding standards. Ensure that they include security concerns.
Implementation
- Closely follow coding standards, possibly enforcing them upon checkin of the code into a source control system or with periodic analyses.
How to find it
- Automated Static Analysis. Automated tools can detect violations of many code standards.
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