A Survey on Data-driven Software Vulnerability Assessment and Prioritization
Triet Huynh Minh Le, Huaming Chen, Muhammad Ali Babar
Abstract
Software Vulnerabilities (SVs) are increasing in complexity and scale, posing great security risks to many software systems. Given the limited resources in practice, SV assessment and prioritization help practitioners devise optimal SV mitigation plans based on various SV characteristics. The surges in SV data sources and data-driven techniques such as Machine Learning and Deep Learning have taken SV assessment and prioritization to the next level. Our survey provides a taxonomy of the past research efforts and highlights the best practices for data-driven SV assessment and prioritization. We also discuss the current limitations and propose potential solutions to address such issues.
Topics & Concepts
PrioritizationComputer scienceVulnerability (computing)SoftwareData scienceVulnerability assessmentRisk analysis (engineering)Software engineeringComputer securityManagement scienceEngineeringProgramming languageMedicinePsychologyPsychological resiliencePsychotherapistSoftware Engineering ResearchSoftware Reliability and Analysis ResearchSoftware System Performance and Reliability