/** * @name Improper validation of local user-provided array index * @description Using local user input as an index to an array, without * proper validation, can lead to index out of bound exceptions. * @kind problem * @problem.severity recommendation * @precision medium * @id java/improper-validation-of-array-index-local * @tags security * external/cwe/cwe-129 */ import java import ArraySizing import semmle.code.java.dataflow.FlowSources class Conf extends TaintTracking::Configuration { Conf() { this = "LocalUserInputTocanThrowOutOfBoundsDueToEmptyArrayConfig" } override predicate isSource(DataFlow::Node source) { source instanceof LocalUserInput } override predicate isSink(DataFlow::Node sink) { any(CheckableArrayAccess caa).canThrowOutOfBounds(sink.asExpr()) } } from LocalUserInput source, Expr index, CheckableArrayAccess arrayAccess where arrayAccess.canThrowOutOfBounds(index) and any(Conf conf).hasFlow(source, DataFlow::exprNode(index)) select arrayAccess.getIndexExpr(), "$@ flows to here and is used as an index causing an ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException.", source, "User-provided value"