CWE-710 — Improper Adherence to Coding Standards

provenance: imported · CWE: CWE-710

CWE-710: Improper Adherence to Coding Standards

MITRE CWE weakness


Kind	Weakness
Abstraction	Pillar
Status	Incomplete
Likelihood of exploit	—

Description

The product does not follow certain coding rules for development, which can lead to resultant weaknesses or increase the severity of the associated vulnerabilities.

Common consequences

Other: Other

Mitigations

Policy — Select and require coding standards. Ensure that they include security concerns.

Implementation — Closely follow coding standards, possibly enforcing them upon checkin of the code into a source control system or with periodic analyses.

References

CWE page: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/710.html
CWE list: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/index.html