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CWE CATEGORY: SEI CERT Oracle Secure Coding Standard for Java - Guidelines 01. Declarations and Initialization (DCL)

Category ID: 1135
Vulnerability Mapping: PROHIBITEDThis 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 Declarations and Initialization (DCL) section of the SEI CERT Oracle Secure Coding Standard for Java.
+ Membership
NatureTypeIDName
MemberOfViewView - 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).1133Weaknesses Addressed by the SEI CERT Oracle Coding Standard for Java
HasMemberClassClass - a weakness that is described in a very abstract fashion, typically independent of any specific language or technology. More specific than a Pillar Weakness, but more general than a Base Weakness. Class level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 1 or 2 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, and resource.665Improper Initialization
+ 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-815] The Software Engineering Institute. "SEI CERT Oracle Coding Standard for Java : Rule 01. Declarations and Initialization (DCL)". <https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=88487858>.
[REF-997] The Software Engineering Institute. "SEI CERT Oracle Coding Standard for Java : Rec 01. Declarations and Initialization (DCL)". <https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=88487329>.
+ Content History
+ Submissions
Submission DateSubmitterOrganization
2018-12-11
(CWE 3.2, 2019-01-03)
CWE Content TeamMITRE
+ Modifications
Modification DateModifierOrganization
2023-04-27CWE Content TeamMITRE
updated Mapping_Notes
2023-06-29CWE Content TeamMITRE
updated Mapping_Notes
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