Chapter 7. Arrays (ARR)
Recommendations and Rules
Risk Assessment Summary
Related Rules and Recommendations
ARR00-C. Understand how arrays work
The incorrect use of arrays has traditionally been a source of exploitable vulnerabilities. Elements referenced within an array using the subscript operator []
are not checked unless the programmer provides adequate bounds checking. As a result, the expression array[pos] = value
can be used by an attacker ...
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