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Security advisories are the primary channel of communication for discovered vulnerabilities in open-source software, but they often lack crucial information. Specifically, 63% of vulnerability database reports are missing their patch links,…

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Open source software vulnerabilities pose significant security risks to downstream applications. While vulnerability databases provide valuable information for mitigation, many security patches are released silently in new commits of OSS…

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We present a comprehensive dataset of Java vulnerability-fixing commits (VFCs) to advance research in Java vulnerability analysis. Our dataset, derived from thousands of open-source Java projects on GitHub, comprises two variants: JavaVFC…

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The increasing reliance of software projects on third-party libraries has raised concerns about the security of these libraries due to hidden vulnerabilities. Managing these vulnerabilities is challenging due to the time gap between fixes…

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The growing dependence of software projects on external libraries has generated apprehensions regarding the security of these libraries because of concealed vulnerabilities. Handling these vulnerabilities presents difficulties due to the…

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Vulnerability fixes in open source software (OSS) usually follow the coordinated vulnerability disclosure model and are silently fixed. This delay can expose OSS users to risks as malicious parties might exploit the software before fixes…

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Software vulnerabilities pose serious risks to modern software ecosystems. While the National Vulnerability Database (NVD) is the authoritative source for cataloging these vulnerabilities, it often lacks explicit links to the corresponding…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-09-10 Huu Hung Nguyen , Anh Tuan Nguyen , Thanh Le-Cong , Yikun Li , Han Wei Ang , Yide Yin , Frank Liauw , Shar Lwin Khin , Ouh Eng Lieh , Ting Zhang , David Lo

Version control systems are commonly used to manage open-source software, in which each commit may introduce new vulnerabilities or fix existing ones. Researchers have developed various tools for detecting vulnerabilities in code commits,…

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Identifying which software versions are affected by a vulnerability is critical for patching, risk mitigation. Despite a growing body of tools, their real-world effectiveness remains unclear due to narrow evaluation scopes often limited to…

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Attacks against computer systems exploiting software vulnerabilities can cause substantial damage to the cyber-infrastructure of our modern society and economy. To minimize the consequences, it is vital to detect and fix vulnerabilities as…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-04-18 Son Nguyen , Thu-Trang Nguyen , Thanh Trong Vu , Thanh-Dat Do , Kien-Tuan Ngo , Hieu Dinh Vo

Accurate identification of software vulnerabilities is crucial for system integrity. Vulnerability datasets, often derived from the National Vulnerability Database (NVD) or directly from GitHub, are essential for training machine learning…

Mapping National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records to vulnerability-fixing commits (VFCs) is crucial for vulnerability analysis but challenging due to sparse explicit links in NVD references. This study explores this mapping's…

The lack of reliable sources of detailed information on the vulnerabilities of open-source software (OSS) components is a major obstacle to maintaining a secure software supply chain and an effective vulnerability management process.…

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Advancing our understanding of software vulnerabilities, automating their identification, the analysis of their impact, and ultimately their mitigation is necessary to enable the development of software that is more secure. While operating…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-03-18 Serena E. Ponta , Henrik Plate , Antonino Sabetta , Michele Bezzi , Cédric Dangremont

The sources of reliable, code-level information about vulnerabilities that affect open-source software (OSS) are scarce, which hinders a broad adoption of advanced tools that provide code-level detection and assessment of vulnerable OSS…

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Early identification of security issues in software development is vital to minimize their unanticipated impacts. Code review is a widely used manual analysis method that aims to uncover security issues along with other coding issues in…

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Detecting vulnerability fix commits in open-source software is crucial for maintaining software security. To help OSS identify vulnerability fix commits, several automated approaches are developed. However, existing approaches like…

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Data-driven research on the automated discovery and repair of security vulnerabilities in source code requires comprehensive datasets of real-life vulnerable code and their fixes. To assist in such research, we propose a method to…

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Open-source software (OSS) vulnerability management process is important nowadays, as the number of discovered OSS vulnerabilities is increasing over time. Monitoring vulnerability-fixing commits is a part of the standard process to prevent…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-09-08 Truong Giang Nguyen , Thanh Le-Cong , Hong Jin Kang , Xuan-Bach D. Le , David Lo

Software plays a crucial role in our daily lives, and therefore the quality and security of software systems have become increasingly important. However, vulnerabilities in software still pose a significant threat, as they can have serious…

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