Amalgamating code vulnerabilities across projects
US10268825B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 1, 2016 |
| Grant date | Apr 23, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 22, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/338
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Mechanisms are provided for correlating security vulnerability detection across multiple applications. The mechanisms perform a security vulnerability analysis of first source code of a first application, and identify, based on results of the security vulnerability analysis, a security vulnerability in a first portion of the first source code. The mechanisms associate characteristics of the security vulnerability with the first portion, and correlate the characteristics of the security vulnerability with second source code of a second application based on the association of the characteristics of the security vulnerability with the first portion. In addition, the mechanisms generate an output to a computing device of a consumer or contributor associated with the second source code identifying a presence of the security vulnerability in the second source code based on the correlation.
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