Error Catalogs

You can use existing error catalogs or develop your own.

To use an existing error catalog:

1. Find a defect in the list

2. Ask whether the software under test could have this defect

3. If it's theoritically possible the program could have the defect, ask how you could find the bug

4. Ask how plausible it is that the bug could be in the program and then how serious the failure would be if it was there

5. If appropropriate design a test or series of tests for bugs of this type

Software Error Catalogs:

• Common Software Errors from TCS, 1993

Security Catalogs:

• National Vulnerability Database

• Common Weakness Enumeration