SEI CERT C++ Coding Standard
The C++ rules and recommendations in this wiki are a work in progress and reflect the current thinking of the secure coding community. Because this is a development website, many pages are incomplete or contain errors. As rules and recommendations mature, they are published in report or book form as official releases. These releases are issued as dictated by the needs and interests of the secure software development community.
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Front Matter
Rules
- Rule 01. Declarations and Initialization (DCL)
- Rule 02. Expressions (EXP)
- Rule 03. Integers (INT)
- Rule 04. Containers (CTR)
- Rule 05. Characters and Strings (STR)
- Rule 06. Memory Management (MEM)
- Rule 07. Input Output (FIO)
- Rule 08. Exceptions and Error Handling (ERR)
- Rule 09. Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
- Rule 10. Concurrency (CON)
- Rule 49. Miscellaneous (MSC)
Back Matter
Secure C++ Coding Books and Downloads
The CERT C++ Coding Standard, 2016 Edition provides rules to help programmers ensure that their C++ code reduces security flaws by following secure coding best practices. It is downloadable as a PDF. ( errata )
The CERT C++ Coding Standard references and relies on the CERT C Coding Standard. The CERT C Coding Standard, 2016 Edition provides rules to help programmers ensure that their code complies with the new C11 standard and earlier standards, including C99. It is downloadable as a PDF. ( errata )
Secure Coding in C and C++ identifies the root causes of today's most widespread software vulnerabilities, shows how they can be exploited, reviews the potential consequences, and presents secure alternatives.
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