rspec/rules/S5782/rationale.adoc
Sebastien Andrivet e5e7204f41
Modify rule S5782: Change text to education framework format (APPSEC-1211) (#3346)
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When the size argument exceeds the actual size of the buffer, the memory management functions will either read or write data past the buffer memory boundary into adjacent memory. Because the memory might be uninitialized or contain other pieces of data, the behavior of the affected function can not be predicted and will likely trigger bugs.