Excessive Reliance on Global Variables

Opis

The code is structured in a way that relies too much on using or setting global variables throughout various points in the code, instead of preserving the associated information in a narrower, more local context.

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-1076 Insufficient Adherence to Expected Conventions

Kiedy powstaje

• Implementation

Dotyczy

Not Language-Specific

Źródła

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