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ISO/IEC TS 17961:2013
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Technical Specification
ISO/IEC TS 17961:2013
Information technology — Programming languages, their environments and system software interfaces — C secure coding rules
Edition 1
2013-11
Technical Specification
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This publication was last reviewed and confirmed in 2024. Therefore this version remains current.

ISO/IEC TS 17961:2013

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Abstract

ISO/IEC TS 17961:2013 specifies

  • rules for secure coding in the C programming language, and
  • code examples.

ISO/IEC TS 17961:2013 does not specify

  • the mechanism by which these rules are enforced, or
  • any particular coding style to be enforced.

Each rule in this Technical Specification is accompanied by code examples. Two distinct kinds of examples are provided:

  • noncompliant examples demonstrating language constructs that have weaknesses with potentially exploitable security implications; such examples are expected to elicit a diagnostic from a conforming analyzer for the affected language construct; and
  • compliant examples are expected not to elicit a diagnostic.

General information

  • Status
     : Published
    Publication date
     : 2013-11
    Stage
    : International Standard confirmed [90.93]
  • Edition
     : 1
    Number of pages
     : 80
  • Technical Committee :
    ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 22
    ICS :
    35.060 
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