ISO/IEC TR 24731-1:2007
Information technology -- Programming languages, their environments and system software interfaces -- Extensions to the C library -- Part 1: Bounds-checking interfaces
Abstract
ISO/IEC TR 24731-1:2007 provides alternative functions for the C Library (as defined in ISO/IEC 9899:1999) that promote safer, more secure programming. The functions verify that output buffers are large enough for the intended result, and return a failure indicator if they are not. Optionally, failing functions call a "runtime-constraint handler" to report the error. Data is never written past the end of an array. All string results are null terminated. In addition, the functions in ISO/IEC TR 24731-1:2007 are re-entrant: they never return pointers to static objects owned by the function.
ISO/IEC TR 24731-1:2007 also contains functions that address insecurities with the C input-output facilities.
ISO/IEC TR 24731-1:2007 also contains functions that address insecurities with the C input-output facilities.
Additional information
Publication type | Technical Report |
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Publication date | 2007-08-29 |
Edition | 1.0 |
Available language(s) | English |
TC/SC | ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 22 - Programming languages, their environments and system software interfacesrss |
ICS | 35.060 - Languages used in information technology |
Pages | 81 |
File size | 454 KB |
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