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Future: Consider adding static analysis for vulnerabilities (e.g., hit density) #27

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david-a-wheeler opened this issue Jul 22, 2015 · 2 comments

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@david-a-wheeler
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Per section 5.B of the paper:

Perform static analysis on source code to determine the likely number of latent vulnerabilities (e.g., using Coverity scan, RATS, or flawfinder); measures such as hit density could indicate more problematic software. A variant would be to report on densities of warnings when warning flags are enabled.

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This will report many False Alarms.

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Sure, but the point would be to see if the density was unusually high. If you keep walking to the edge of a cliff, eventually you are likely to fall off.

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