Defects

Categories

• Numerical Defects
  Defects for numerical coding errors, division by zero, type conversion, and negative shift operations, math standard library
  
• Static Memory Defects
  Defects for static memory coding errors, out of bounds arrays, null pointers, standard memory and string library
  
• Dynamic Memory Defects
  Defects for dynamic memory coding errors, freed pointers, memory leaks, unprotected memory
  
• Data Flow Defects
  Defects for data flow coding errors, unreachable code, non-initialization, missing return statements, useless writes
  
• Resource Management Defects
  Defects related to resource handling such as unclosed file stream or use of a closed file stream
  
• Programming Defects
  Defects for programming coding errors, assignment versus equality operators, type mismatch, wraparound, string arrays
  
• Object Oriented Defects
  Defects related to C++ object-oriented programming such as class design issues or issues in the inheritance hierarchy
  
• C++ Exception Defects
  Defects related to C++ exceptions and their handling such as unhandled exception in a noexcept function or unexpected exception raised by a throw statement
  
• Concurrency Defects
  Defects related to multitasking code
  
• Security Defects
  Defects related to security weaknesses and vulnerabilities
  
• Cryptography Defects
  Defects related to incorrect use of OpenSSL cryptography routines
  
• Tainted Data Defects
  Defects related to code elements from an unsecure source
  
• Good Practice Defects
  Defects that allow you to observe good coding practices such as detection of hard-coded memory buffer size or unused function parameters
  
• Performance Defects
  Defects that impact performance of C/C++ code
  
• Libraries Misuse Defects
  Defects associated with incorrect usage of a library such as the Polyspace Test™ xUnit-based API