Description
The code uses an operator for assignment when the intention was to perform a comparison.
In many languages the compare statement is very close in appearance to the assignment statement and are often confused. This bug is generally the result of a typo and usually causes obvious problems with program execution. If the comparison is in an if statement, the if statement will usually evaluate the value of the right-hand side of the predicate.
Modes of Introduction:
– Implementation
Likelihood of Exploit: Low
Related Weaknesses
CWE-480
CWE-697
Consequences
Other: Alter Execution Logic
Potential Mitigations
Phase: Testing
Description:
Many IDEs and static analysis products will detect this problem.
Phase: Implementation
Description:
Place constants on the left. If one attempts to assign a constant with a variable, the compiler will produce an error.
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