{"@ID": "746", "@Name": "CERT C Secure Coding Standard (2008) Chapter 13 - Error Handling (ERR)", "@Status": "Obsolete", "Summary": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the rules and recommendations in the Error Handling (ERR) chapter of the CERT C Secure Coding Standard (2008).", "Relationships": {"Has_Member": [{"@CWE_ID": "20", "@View_ID": "734"}, {"@CWE_ID": "391", "@View_ID": "734"}, {"@CWE_ID": "544", "@View_ID": "734"}, {"@CWE_ID": "676", "@View_ID": "734"}, {"@CWE_ID": "705", "@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-20 ERR07-C Prefer functions that support error checking over equivalent functions that don't", "CWE-391 ERR00-C Adopt and implement a consistent and comprehensive error-handling policy", "CWE-544 ERR00-C Adopt and implement a consistent and comprehensive error-handling policy", "CWE-676 ERR07-C Prefer functions that support error checking over equivalent functions that don't", "CWE-705 ERR04-C Choose an appropriate termination strategy"]}, "#text_blocks": ["In the 2008 version of the CERT C Secure Coding standard, the following rules were mapped to the following CWE IDs:", "CWE-20 ERR07-C Prefer functions that support error checking over equivalent functions that don't", "CWE-391 ERR00-C Adopt and implement a consistent and comprehensive error-handling policy", "CWE-544 ERR00-C Adopt and implement a consistent and comprehensive error-handling policy", "CWE-676 ERR07-C Prefer functions that support error checking over equivalent functions that don't", "CWE-705 ERR04-C Choose an appropriate termination strategy"]}}, "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 12 - Error Handling (ERR)"}, {"@Date": "2019-01-03", "#text": "CERT C Secure Coding (2008 Version) Section 12 - Error Handling (ERR)"}]}, "entry_type": "Grouping"}