Insufficient Use of Symbolic Constants

Opis

The source code uses literal constants that may need to change or evolve over time, instead of using symbolic constants.

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-1078 Inappropriate Source Code Style or Formatting

Kiedy powstaje

• Implementation

Dotyczy

Not Language-Specific

Źródła

1. Providing a Framework for Effective Software Quality Assessment — Robert A. Martin, Lawrence H. Shafer, 1996