Detection and healing of vulnerabilities in computer code
US11507671B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 29, 2020 |
| Grant date | Nov 22, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 29, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2221/033
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An example process includes: identifying, by one or more processing devices, candidate code in executable code based on a static analysis of the executable code, where the candidate code includes code that is vulnerable to attack or the candidate code being on a path to code that is vulnerable to attack, where information related to the attack is based, at least in part, on the candidate code; customizing, by one or more processing devices, a healing template based on the information to produce a customized healing template; and inserting, by one or more processing devices, the customized healing template into a version of the executable code at a location that is based on a location of the candidate code in the executable code, where the customized healing template includes code that is executable to inhibit the attack.
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