CERT C++ Secure Coding Section 11 - Signals (SIG)

A category in the Common Weakness Enumeration published by The MITRE Corporation.

  • Source

    CWE Catalog - 4.12

  • Identifier

    CWE-879

  • Status

    Incomplete

Contents

Summary

Categories in the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) group entries based on some common characteristic or attribute.

Weaknesses in this category are related to rules in the Signals (SIG) section of the CERT C++ Secure Coding Standard. Since not all rules map to specific weaknesses, this category may be incomplete.

Weaknesses

Improper Synchronization

The product utilizes multiple threads or processes to allow temporary access to a shared resource that can only be exclusive to one process at a time, but it does not ...

Signal Handler Use of a Non-reentrant Function

The product defines a signal handler that calls a non-reentrant function.

Concepts

Deprecated or Obsolete

Weaknesses Addressed by the SEI CERT C++ Coding Standard (2016 Version)

CWE entries in this view (graph) are fully or partially eliminated by following the SEI CERT C++ Coding Standard, as published in 2016. This view is no longer being ac...

See Also

  1. 11. Signals (SIG)

    CERT

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