Human-understandable explanation for software vulnerability prediction

Hong Quy Nguyen, Thong Hoang, Hoa Khanh Dam, Guoxin Su, Zhenchang Xing, Qinghua Lu, Jiamou Sun

Abstract: Highlights•A novel framework generates an explanation from the predicted vulnerable lines.•Comprehensive investigations of factors influencing the quality of the framework.•We conducted a user study to validate its usefulness.

External IDs:doi:10.1016/j.jss.2025.112455