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Test case 243997

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. The latest version of this test case is available here.
Old Test Case ID
117826
Type
source code
State
mixed
Status
deprecated
Language
C++
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Description

CWE: 789 Uncontrolled Memory Allocation
BadSource: fscanf Read data from the console using fscanf()
GoodSource: Small number greater than zero
Sinks:
GoodSink: Allocate memory with new [] and check the size of the memory to be allocated
BadSink : Allocate memory with new [], but incorrectly check the size of the memory to be allocated
Flow Variant: 44 Data/control flow: data passed as an argument from one function to a function in the same source file called via a function pointer

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