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Test case 14512

Deprecated test case

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: 134 Uncontrolled Format String
BadSource: fromConsole Read input from the console
GoodSource: Copy a fixed string into data
Sinks: snprintf
GoodSink: snprintf with "%s" as the third argument and data as the fourth
BadSink : snprintf with data as the third argument
Flow Variant: 45 Data flow: data passed as a static global variable from one function to another in the same source file

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