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Mapped Taxonomy Name Node ID Fit Mapped Node Name
CERT C Secure Coding ERR00-
C
Adopt and implement a consistent and
comprehensive error-handling policy
CWE-546: Suspicious Comment
Weakness ID : 546
Structure : Simple
Abstraction : Variant
Description
The code contains comments that suggest the presence of bugs, incomplete functionality, or
weaknesses.
Extended Description
Many suspicious comments, such as BUG, HACK, FIXME, LATER, LATER2, TODO, in the
code indicate missing security functionality and checking. Others indicate code problems
that programmers should fix, such as hard-coded variables, error handling, not using stored
procedures, and performance issues.
Relationships
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 1078 Inappropriate Source Code Style or Formatting 1918
PeerOf 615 Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Source Code
Comments