Coverity Scan: Bro

Project Name Bro
Lines of code analyzed 1,365,722
On Coverity Scan since Jul 24, 2013
Last build analyzed about 20 hours ago
   
Language C/C++
Repository URL https://github.com/zeek/zeek
Homepage URL https://zeek.org
License BSD3Clause (BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License )

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Analysis Metrics

Version: 8.2.0-dev.526

Apr 13, 2026
Last Analyzed
1,365,722
Lines of Code Analyzed
600,605
Lines of Code in Selected Components
1.11
Defect Density

Defect changes since previous build dated Apr 10, 2026

1
Newly detected
0
Eliminated

Defects by status for current build

5,289
Total defects
667
Outstanding
4,029
Fixed
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Note: Defect density is measured by the number of defects per 1,000 lines of code.


Analysis Metrics per Components

Component Name Pattern Ignore Line of Code Defect density
System files /usr/.* Yes 266,132 N/A
Third party .*/3rdparty/.* Yes 415,237 N/A
CAF .*/aux.*/broker/caf/.* Yes 70,540 N/A
RapidJSON .*/aux.*/rapidjson/.* Yes 7,364 N/A
HighwayHash .*/aux.*/highwayhash/.* Yes 3,998 N/A
BIFCL .*/aux.*/bifcl/.* No 0 N/A
BinPAC .*/aux.*/binpac/.* No 0 N/A
Broker .*/aux.*/broker/.* No 25,707 2.37
Paraglob .*/aux.*/paraglob/.* No 636 4.72
Zeek Auxiliary .*/aux.*/zeek-aux/.* No 1,008 4.96
Capstats .*/aux.*/zeekctl/aux.*/capstats/.* No 500 0.00
PySubnetTree .*/aux.*/zeekctl/aux.*/pysubnettree/.* No 6,132 0.33
Trace Summary .*/aux.*/zeekctl/aux.*/trace-summary/.* No 0 N/A
Gen-ZAM .*/aux.*/gen-zam/.* No 0 N/A
Libunistd .*/aux.*/libunistd/.* Yes 0 N/A
Prometheus-cpp .*/aux.*/prometheus-cpp/.* Yes 0 N/A
Libkqueue .*/aux.*/libkqueue/.* Yes 0 N/A
C-Ares .*/aux.*/c-ares/.* Yes 0 N/A
Spicy .*/spicy/.* No 98,658 0.48
Lightpcapng .*/aux.*/LightPcapNg/.* Yes 1,846 N/A
Other .* No 470,057 1.17

CWE Top 25 defects

ID CWE-Name Number of Defects
190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound 26
676 Use of Potentially Dangerous Function 2
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