Invokable Control Element with Signature Containing an Excessive Number of Parameters

Opis

The product contains a function, subroutine, or method whose signature has an unnecessarily large number of parameters/arguments.

While the interpretation of "large number of parameters" may vary for each product or developer, CISQ recommends a default maximum of 7 parameters/arguments.

Skutki

• Other

  Reduce Maintainability; Increase Analytical Complexity

  This issue makes it more difficult to understand and/or maintain the product, which indirectly affects security by making it more difficult or time-consuming to find and/or fix vulnerabilities. It also might make it easier to introduce vulnerabilities.

Słabość nadrzędna

• CWE-1120 Excessive Code Complexity

Kiedy powstaje

• Implementation

Dotyczy

Not Language-Specific

Źródła

1. Automated Source Code Maintainability Measure (ASCMM) — Object Management Group (OMG), ASCMM-MNT-13, 2016