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ID

CWE Grouping: SEI CERT C Coding Standard - Guidelines 02. Declarations and Initialization (DCL)

Grouping ID: 1156
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 Declarations and Initialization (DCL) 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
HasMember VariantVariant - a weakness that is linked to a certain type of product, typically involving a specific language or technology. More specific than a Base weakness. Variant level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 3 to 5 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource. 562 Return of Stack Variable Address
+ Vulnerability Mapping Notes
Usage PROHIBITED
(this CWE ID must not be used to map to real-world vulnerabilities)
Reason Grouping

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.
+ References
[REF-600] The Software Engineering Institute. "SEI CERT C Coding Standard : Rule 02. Declarations and Initialization (DCL)". <https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=87152215>.
[REF-980] The Software Engineering Institute. "SEI CERT C Coding Standard : Rec 02. Declarations and Initialization (DCL)". <https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=87151966>.
+ 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
2026-10-28
(CWE 5.0, 2026-10-28) 		CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Mapping_Notes, Type
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
Page Last Updated: Oct 28, 2026
 

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