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Test case 13960

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This version contains mistakes, making it deprecated. Deprecated test cases should not be used for new work. However, They remain in the SARD as a reference to redo previous work.
Type
source code
State
mixed
Status
deprecated
Language
C
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Description

CWE: 131 Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size
BadSource: Allocate memory for a string, but do not allocate space for NULL terminator
GoodSource: Allocate enough memory for a string and the NULL terminator
Sink: ncpy
BadSink : Copy string to data using wcsncpy()
Flow Variant: 53 Data flow: data passed as an argument from one function through two others to a fourth; all four functions are in different source files

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