CWE-1177Use of Prohibited Code

Description

The product uses a function, library, or third party component that has been explicitly prohibited, whether by the developer or the customer.

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Common consequences

• Other→Reduce Maintainability

Potential mitigations

• Build and Compilation,Implementation
  Identify a list of prohibited API functions and prohibit developers from using these functions, providing safer alternatives. In some cases, automatic code analysis tools or the compiler can be instructed to spot use of prohibited functions, such as the "banned.h" include file from Microsoft's SDL. [REF-554] [REF-1009] [REF-7]

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