Coverity Scan: kicad

Project Name kicad
Lines of code analyzed 2,580,837
On Coverity Scan since Dec 03, 2014
Last build analyzed 30 minutes ago
   
Language C/C++
Repository URL https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad
Homepage URL http://www.kicad.org/
License GPL (GNU General Public License version )

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Analysis Metrics

Version: 10.99.0-3780-gbd4b6b64ae-dirty

Sep 11, 2026
Last Analyzed
2,580,837
Lines of Code Analyzed
1,637,200
Lines of Code in Selected Components
0.43
Defect Density

Defect changes since previous build dated Sep 10, 2026

0
Newly detected
0
Eliminated

Defects by status for current build

8,436
Total defects
696
Outstanding
7,322
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
eeschema .*/eeschema/.* No 311,771 0.91
pcbnew-swig .*/pcbnew/pcbnew_wrap.* Yes 0 N/A
pcbnew-swig2 .*/pcbnew/scripting/pcbnewPYTHON_wrap.* Yes 0 N/A
pcbnew .*/pcbnew/.* No 466,720 0.63
3d-viewer .*/3d-viewer/.* No 35,203 0.11
cvpcb .*/cvpcb/.* No 3,953 0.00
bitmap2component .*/bitmap2component/.* No 1,792 0.00
utils .*/utils/.* No 13,200 0.00
common .*/common/.* No 386,830 0.13
pcb_calculator .*/pcb_calculator/.* No 13,497 0.00
kicad .*/kicad/.* No 23,760 0.29
gerbview .*/gerbview/.* No 15,809 0.00
page_layout_editor .*/page_layout_editor/.* No 0 N/A
libs .*/libs/.* No 42,826 0.44
plugins .*/plugins/.* No 15,888 0.00
qa .*/qa/.* No 18,011 1.22
system-include /usr/include/.* Yes 622,075 N/A
third-party .*/thirdparty/.* Yes 321,562 N/A
Other .* No 288,948 0.04

CWE Top 25 defects

ID CWE-Name Number of Defects
190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound 46
676 Use of Potentially Dangerous Function 2
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