Unconditional Control Flow Transfer outside of Switch Block

Opis

The product performs unconditional control transfer (such as a "goto") in code outside of a branching structure such as a switch block.

Skutki

• Other

  Reduce Maintainability; Increase Analytical Complexity

  This issue makes it more difficult to 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-1, 2016