Utility files in long-lived open source projects are as much as 2.75 times more likely to be involved in vulnerabilities than non-util files, according to a longitudinal analysis spanning 147 project-years.
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Unsafe and Unused? A History of Utility Code in Mature Open Source Projects
Utility files in long-lived open source projects are as much as 2.75 times more likely to be involved in vulnerabilities than non-util files, according to a longitudinal analysis spanning 147 project-years.