{"@ID": "739", "@Name": "CERT C Secure Coding Standard (2008) Chapter 6 - Floating Point (FLP)", "@Status": "Obsolete", "Summary": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the rules and recommendations in the Floating Point (FLP) chapter of the CERT C Secure Coding Standard (2008).", "Relationships": {"Has_Member": [{"@CWE_ID": "369", "@View_ID": "734"}, {"@CWE_ID": "681", "@View_ID": "734"}, {"@CWE_ID": "682", "@View_ID": "734"}, {"@CWE_ID": "686", "@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-369 FLP03-C Detect and handle floating point errors", "CWE-681 FLP33-C Convert integers to floating point for floating point operations", "CWE-681 FLP34-C Ensure that floating point conversions are within range of the new type", "CWE-682 FLP32-C Prevent or detect domain and range errors in math functions", "CWE-682 FLP33-C Convert integers to floating point for floating point operations", "CWE-686 FLP31-C Do not call functions expecting real values with complex values"]}, "#text_blocks": ["In the 2008 version of the CERT C Secure Coding standard, the following rules were mapped to the following CWE IDs:", "CWE-369 FLP03-C Detect and handle floating point errors", "CWE-681 FLP33-C Convert integers to floating point for floating point operations", "CWE-681 FLP34-C Ensure that floating point conversions are within range of the new type", "CWE-682 FLP32-C Prevent or detect domain and range errors in math functions", "CWE-682 FLP33-C Convert integers to floating point for floating point operations", "CWE-686 FLP31-C Do not call functions expecting real values with complex values"]}}, "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, References, 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 05 - Floating Point (FLP)"}, {"@Date": "2019-01-03", "#text": "CERT C Secure Coding (2008 Version) Section 05 - Floating Point (FLP)"}]}, "entry_type": "Grouping"}