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ID

CWE Grouping: CERT C++ Secure Coding Section 13 - Object Oriented Programming (OOP)

Grouping ID: 881
Vulnerability Mapping: PROHIBITED This CWE ID must not be used to map to real-world vulnerabilities
+ Summary
Weaknesses in this category are related to rules in the Object Oriented Programming (OOP) section of the CERT C++ Secure Coding Standard. Since not all rules map to specific weaknesses, this category may be incomplete.
+ 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). 868 Weaknesses Addressed by the SEI CERT C++ Coding Standard (2016 Version)
+ 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.

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+ References
+ Content History
+ Submissions
Submission Date Submitter Organization
2011-08-04
(CWE 2.1, 2011-09-13) 		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
2017-11-08
(CWE 3.0, 2017-11-08) 		CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Relationships
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