A Security Practices Evaluation Framework
Vulnerability Density
Description
Vulnerability Density (Vdensity) is the cumulative vulnerability count per unit size of code. We adopt a size unit of thousand source lines of code (KSLOC).
Definition
Total Vulnerabilities divided by number of KSLOC in the software, at a point in time.
Data Collection
Derived from Pre- and Post-Release Vulnerabilities and SLOC metrics.