HP Fortify: exitcode -12000

Question

I'm using the latest version of HP Fortify Static Code Analyzer, 4.21. The batchfile "bin\fortifyclient.bat" with the argument uploadFPR, gives a "An unexpected error occurred" and the exitcode is -12000.

The uploadFPR has worked before (previous week) on the same computer with the same source. So I don't know what is causing this error. I have tried to use a new AnalysisUploadToken, but that makes no difference.

I cannot find what this particular Fortify exit code -12000 means. Does anybody know what it means?

Answer 1

I hit this same error when I upgraded my SCA client.

I believe the error indicates that the FPR file was generated with a version higher than the installed Fortify SSC server.

After downgrading my client, and creating a new FPR file, it uploaded correctly.

Update: After more faults, it appears this error is more of a general processing fault of the FPR file. Your best bet is to look at the SSC server logs for processing exceptions that might reveal the reason the processing failed.

Answer 2

not sure if the SCA and fortify utility share the same error code. For the sourceanalyzer, error [12000]=ASP/VBScript Translation Fidelity: ; Indicates how much of the classic asp and VBScript was translated successfully. Fix parse errors to increase.