{"@ID": "735", "@Name": "CERT C Secure Coding Standard (2008) Chapter 2 - Preprocessor (PRE)", "@Status": "Obsolete", "Summary": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the rules and recommendations in the Preprocessor (PRE) chapter of the CERT C Secure Coding Standard (2008).", "Relationships": {"Has_Member": {"@CWE_ID": "684", "@View_ID": "734"}}, "References": {"Reference": {"@External_Reference_ID": "REF-597"}}, "Mapping_Notes": {"Usage": "Prohibited", "Rationale": "This entry is a Grouping. Using groupings for mapping has been discouraged since 2019. They are informal organizational groupings of weaknesses that can help CWE users with data aggregation, navigation, and browsing. However, they are not weaknesses in themselves.", "Comments": "See member weaknesses of this category.", "Reasons": {"Reason": {"@Type": "Grouping"}}}, "Notes": {"Note": {"@Type": "Relationship", "xhtml:p": "In the 2008 version of the CERT C Secure Coding standard, the following rules were mapped to the following CWE IDs:", "xhtml:ul": {"xhtml:li": "CWE-684 PRE09-C Do not replace secure functions with less secure functions"}, "#text_blocks": ["In the 2008 version of the CERT C Secure Coding standard, the following rules were mapped to the following CWE IDs:", "CWE-684 PRE09-C Do not replace secure functions with less secure functions"]}}, "Content_History": {"Submission": {"Submission_Name": "CWE Content Team", "Submission_Organization": "MITRE", "Submission_Date": "2008-11-24", "Submission_Version": "1.1", "Submission_ReleaseDate": "2008-11-24"}, "Modification": [{"Modification_Name": "CWE Content Team", "Modification_Organization": "MITRE", "Modification_Date": "2017-11-08", "Modification_Version": "3.0", "Modification_ReleaseDate": "2017-11-08", "Modification_Comment": "updated Description, Name, Relationship_Notes"}, {"Modification_Name": "CWE Content Team", "Modification_Organization": "MITRE", "Modification_Date": "2019-01-03", "Modification_Version": "3.2", "Modification_ReleaseDate": "2019-01-03", "Modification_Comment": "updated Description, Name, References"}, {"Modification_Name": "CWE Content Team", "Modification_Organization": "MITRE", "Modification_Date": "2023-04-27", "Modification_Version": "4.11", "Modification_ReleaseDate": "2023-04-27", "Modification_Comment": "updated Mapping_Notes"}, {"Modification_Name": "CWE Content Team", "Modification_Organization": "MITRE", "Modification_Date": "2023-06-29", "Modification_Version": "4.12", "Modification_ReleaseDate": "2023-06-29", "Modification_Comment": "updated Mapping_Notes"}, {"Modification_Name": "CWE Content Team", "Modification_Organization": "MITRE", "Modification_Date": "2026-10-28", "Modification_Version": "5.0", "Modification_ReleaseDate": "2026-10-28", "Modification_Comment": "updated Mapping_Notes, Type"}], "Previous_Entry_Name": [{"@Date": "2017-11-08", "#text": "CERT C Secure Coding Section 01 - Preprocessor (PRE)"}, {"@Date": "2019-01-03", "#text": "CERT C Secure Coding (2008 Version) Section 01 - Preprocessor (PRE)"}]}, "entry_type": "Grouping"}