Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-744

Grouping Prohibited

CERT C Secure Coding Standard (2008) Chapter 11 - Environment (ENV)

Status: Obsolete

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Weaknesses in this category are related to the rules and recommendations in the Environment (ENV) chapter of the CERT C Secure Coding Standard (2008).

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Mapping guidance

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Relationships and members
Has Member: CWE-119 · View CWE-734
Has Member: CWE-426 · View CWE-734
Has Member: CWE-462 · View CWE-734
Has Member: CWE-705 · View CWE-734
Has Member: CWE-78 · View CWE-734
Has Member: CWE-88 · View CWE-734
Notes

Relationship

In the 2008 version of the CERT C Secure Coding standard, the following rules were mapped to the following CWE IDs:

CWE-78 ENV03-C Sanitize the environment when invoking external programs

CWE-78 ENV04-C Do not call system() if you do not need a command processor

CWE-88 ENV03-C Sanitize the environment when invoking external programs

CWE-88 ENV04-C Do not call system() if you do not need a command processor

CWE-119 ENV01-C Do not make assumptions about the size of an environment variable

CWE-426 ENV03-C Sanitize the environment when invoking external programs

CWE-462 ENV02-C Beware of multiple environment variables with the same effective name

CWE-705 ENV32-C All atexit handlers must return normally

Content history
Submission: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2008-11-24 · CWE 1.1
Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2017-11-08 · CWE 3.0

updated Description, Name, Relationship_Notes

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2019-01-03 · CWE 3.2

updated Description, Name, References

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2023-04-27 · CWE 4.11

updated Mapping_Notes

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2023-06-29 · CWE 4.12

updated Mapping_Notes

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2026-10-28 · CWE 5.0

updated Mapping_Notes, Type

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