• Gurpreet Singh

Code is copied and pasted from one software project to another, a practise known as software cloning. Although it can be a convenient approach to save time and effort, doing so may also result in security flaws. Any vulnerabilities present in the original code are copied into the cloned code when it is duplicated. This implies that if an attack can be made against the original code, it can also be made against the copied code. Cloned vulnerabilities have become more prevalent in recent years. This is partly a result of the growing acceptance of open-source software, which is frequently copied and reused by other programmers. Software security may be seriously threatened by cloned vulnerabilities. They have occasionally been employed to carry out effective attacks on software systems. Overviews of cloned vulnerabilities, their effects, and available mitigation strategies are provided in this paper. It also explores the difficulties in identifying and avoiding copied vulnerabilities.

cloned vulnerabilities, software security, code cloning, open-source software

"Software Cloned Vulnerabilities: A Growing Threat to Software Security", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.232-235, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904W30.pdf

"Software Cloned Vulnerabilities: A Growing Threat to Software Security", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp232-235, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904W30.pdf