Excessive Use of Self-Modifying Code

Opis

The product uses too much self-modifying code.

Skutki

• Other

  Reduce Maintainability; Increase Analytical Complexity

  This issue makes it more difficult to understand 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. Providing a Framework for Effective Software Quality Assessment — Robert A. Martin, Lawrence H. Shafer, 1996