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Definition of DefectsDefinition of DefectsPosted Dec 15, 2003 18:52 UTC (Mon) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330)In reply to: Definition of Defects by ncm Parent article: Reasoning Study Reveals Code Quality of MySQL
Tools like valgrind can only find a flaw if you have a testcase that tweaks the flaw. If the code contains a buffer overflow, valgrind won't help you find it if no input testcase overflows the buffer. Static analysis, on the other hand, can find many buffer overflows without any test cases.
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