Computer Science
8 years ago

Lightweight static analysis detects common security flaws, preventing devastating attacks before software deployment.

IEEE Software
Improving security using extensible lightweight static analysis
David Evans, David Larochelle

Paper Summary

The article presents a tool that can find common security problems in software before it's released. By using a simple analysis method, the tool can detect issues like buffer overflows and format string vulnerabilities. This helps developers fix these problems early on, making software more secure.

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