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ID

CWE CATEGORY: SEI CERT C Coding Standard - Guidelines 13. Application Programming Interfaces (API)

Category ID: 1168
Vulnerability Mapping: PROHIBITED This CWE ID must not be used to map to real-world vulnerabilities
+ Summary
Weaknesses in this category are related to the rules and recommendations in the Application Programming Interfaces (API) section of the SEI CERT C Coding Standard.
+ Membership
Nature Type ID Name
MemberOf ViewView - a subset of CWE entries that provides a way of examining CWE content. The two main view structures are Slices (flat lists) and Graphs (containing relationships between entries). 1154 Weaknesses Addressed by the SEI CERT C Coding Standard
+ Vulnerability Mapping Notes

Usage: PROHIBITED

(this CWE ID must not be used to map to real-world vulnerabilities)

Reason: Category

Rationale:

This entry is a Category. Using categories for mapping has been discouraged since 2019. Categories 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.
+ References
[REF-611] The Software Engineering Institute. "SEI CERT C Coding Standard : Rule 13. Application Programming Interfaces (API)". <https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=87152242>.
[REF-991] The Software Engineering Institute. "SEI CERT C Coding Standard : Rec 13. Application Programming Interfaces (API)". <https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=87151980>.
+ Content History
+ Submissions
Submission Date Submitter Organization
2018-12-18
(CWE 3.2, 2019-01-03) 		CWE Content Team MITRE
+ Modifications
Modification Date Modifier Organization
2023-06-29
(CWE 4.12, 2023-06-29) 		CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Mapping_Notes
2023-04-27
(CWE 4.11, 2023-04-27) 		CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Mapping_Notes
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