Detecting Cyber-Security Vulnerabilities in Legacy Safety-Critical Software with Tight Performance Constraints

2025-01-8088

04/01/2025

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Security flaws in automotive software have significant consequences. Modern automotive engineers must assess software not only for performance and reliability but also for safety and security. This paper presents a tool to verify software for safety and security. The tool was originally developed for the Department of Defense (DoD) to detect cybersecurity vulnerabilities in legacy safety-critical software with tight performance constraints and a small memory footprint. We show how the tool and techniques developed for verifying legacy safety-critical software can be applied to automotive and embedded software using real-world case studies. We also discuss how this tool can be extended for software comprehension.
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https://doi.org/10.4271/2025-01-8088
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7
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Awadhutkar, P., Tamrawi, A., and Sauceda, J., "Detecting Cyber-Security Vulnerabilities in Legacy Safety-Critical Software with Tight Performance Constraints," SAE Technical Paper 2025-01-8088, 2025, https://doi.org/10.4271/2025-01-8088.
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Apr 01
Product Code
2025-01-8088
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English