1509
The table(s) below shows the weaknesses and high level categories that are related to this
weakness. These relationships are defined as ChildOf, ParentOf, MemberOr and give insight to
similar items that may exist at higher and lower levels of abstraction. In addition, relationships such
as PeerOf and CanAlsoBe are defined to show similar weaknesses that may want to be explored.
Relevant to the view "Research Concepts" (CWE-1000)
Nature Type ID Name Page
ChildOf 628 Function Call with Incorrectly Specified Arguments 1398
Weakness Ordinalities
Primary :
Common Consequences
Scope Impact Likelihood
Other Quality Degradation
Potential Mitigations
Phase: Testing
Because this function call often produces incorrect behavior it will usually be detected during
testing or normal operation of the product. During testing exercise all possible control paths will
typically expose this weakness except in rare cases when the incorrect function call accidentally
produces the correct results or if the provided argument type is very similar to the expected
argument type.
MemberOf Relationships
This MemberOf relationships table shows additional CWE Catgeories and Views that reference this
weakness as a member. This information is often useful in understanding where a weakness fits
within the context of external information sources.
Nature Type ID Name Page
MemberOf 736 CERT C Secure Coding Standard (2008) Chapter 3 -
Declarations and Initialization (DCL)
734 2341
MemberOf 739 CERT C Secure Coding Standard (2008) Chapter 6 -
Floating Point (FLP)
734 2343
MemberOf 741 CERT C Secure Coding Standard (2008) Chapter 8 -
Characters and Strings (STR)
734 2344
MemberOf 743 CERT C Secure Coding Standard (2008) Chapter 10 -
Input Output (FIO)
734 2347
MemberOf 748 CERT C Secure Coding Standard (2008) Appendix -
POSIX (POS)
734 2351
MemberOf 873 CERT C++ Secure Coding Section 05 - Floating Point
Arithmetic (FLP)
868 2375
MemberOf 875 CERT C++ Secure Coding Section 07 - Characters and
Strings (STR)
868 2376
MemberOf 998 SFP Secondary Cluster: Glitch in Computation 888 2419
MemberOf 1157 SEI CERT C Coding Standard - Guidelines 03.
Expressions (EXP)
1154 2455
MemberOf 1163 SEI CERT C Coding Standard - Guidelines 09. Input
Output (FIO)
1154 2459
MemberOf 1412 Comprehensive Categorization: Poor Coding Practices 1400 2538
Taxonomy Mappings
Mapped Taxonomy Name Node ID Fit Mapped Node Name
CERT C Secure Coding EXP37-C CWE More Specific Call functions with the correct number
and type of arguments
CWE Version 4.14
CWE-687: Function Call With Incorrectly Specified Argument Value
CWE-687: Function Call With Incorrectly Specified Argument Value