Project Summary
The GNOME project provides two things: The GNOME desktop environment, an intuitive and attractive desktop for users, and the GNOME development platform, an extensive framework for building applications that integrate into the rest of the desktop.
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a very large development team
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took an estimated 8,081 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in January, 1997
ending with its most recent commit 9 days ago
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Project Security
Vulnerabilities per Version ( last 10 releases )
There are no reported vulnerabilities
Project Vulnerability Report
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30 Day SummaryDec 25 2025 — Jan 24 2026
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12 Month SummaryJan 24 2025 — Jan 24 2026
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Static Analysis ( Generated by Coverity Scan for glib )
Repository URL: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib.git
Version: c176fcf2eb3a20e989cd1c4439f76779f276f418
- 2023-04-25
- Last Analyzed
- 577,519
- Lines of Code Analyze
- 1.88
- Defect Density
Defects by status for current build
- 1,923
- Total defects
- 710
- Outstanding
- 928
- Fixed
CWE Top 25 defects
| ID | CWE-Name | Number of Defects |
|---|---|---|
| 676 | Use of Potentially Dangerous Function | 2 |
Static Analysis ( Generated by Coverity Scan for GNOME Shell )
Repository URL: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell.git
Version: 50.beta-33-ge9f24200e
- 2026-02-26
- Last Analyzed
- 439,086
- Lines of Code Analyze
- 0.17
- Defect Density
Defects by status for current build
- 131
- Total defects
- 73
- Outstanding
- 58
- Fixed
CWE Top 25 defects
| ID | CWE-Name | Number of Defects |
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| 190 | Integer Overflow or Wraparound | 1 |
Static Analysis ( Generated by Coverity Scan for gnome-panel )
Repository URL: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-panel.git
Version: 3.52.0-0428c59a
- 2024-03-20
- Last Analyzed
- 213,900
- Lines of Code Analyze
- 0.07
- Defect Density
Defects by status for current build
- 54
- Total defects
- 14
- Outstanding
- 35
- Fixed
CWE Top 25 defects
No top 25 CWE defects were found.
Static Analysis ( Generated by Coverity Scan for Tracker )
Repository URL: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/tracker.git
Version: 3.11.beta
- 2026-02-18
- Last Analyzed
- 156,862
- Lines of Code Analyze
- 0.03
- Defect Density
Defects by status for current build
- 301
- Total defects
- 4
- Outstanding
- 297
- Fixed
CWE Top 25 defects
No top 25 CWE defects were found.
Static Analysis ( Generated by Coverity Scan for mutter )
Repository URL: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter.git
Static Analysis ( Generated by Coverity Scan for gnome-applets )
Repository URL: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-applets.git
Version: 3.52.0-d75910b5
- 2024-03-20
- Last Analyzed
- 151,792
- Lines of Code Analyze
- 0.14
- Defect Density
Defects by status for current build
- 59
- Total defects
- 22
- Outstanding
- 37
- Fixed
CWE Top 25 defects
| ID | CWE-Name | Number of Defects |
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| 120 | Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') | 2 |
Static Analysis ( Generated by Coverity Scan for gnome-flashback )
Repository URL: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-flashback.git
Version: 3.52.1-1858ae95
- 2024-10-04
- Last Analyzed
- 234,535
- Lines of Code Analyze
- 0.12
- Defect Density
Defects by status for current build
- 63
- Total defects
- 27
- Outstanding
- 33
- Fixed
CWE Top 25 defects
No top 25 CWE defects were found.
Static Analysis ( Generated by Coverity Scan for gssdp )
Repository URL: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gssdp.git
Version: gssdp-1.6.4
- 2025-06-28
- Last Analyzed
- 99,516
- Lines of Code Analyze
- 0.02
- Defect Density
Defects by status for current build
- 6
- Total defects
- 2
- Outstanding
- 3
- Fixed
CWE Top 25 defects
No top 25 CWE defects were found.
Static Analysis ( Generated by Coverity Scan for metacity )
Repository URL: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/metacity.git
Version: 3.52.0-65d7e5b3
- 2024-03-20
- Last Analyzed
- 183,699
- Lines of Code Analyze
- 0.02
- Defect Density
Defects by status for current build
- 43
- Total defects
- 3
- Outstanding
- 33
- Fixed
CWE Top 25 defects
No top 25 CWE defects were found.
Static Analysis ( Generated by Coverity Scan for tracker-miners )
Repository URL: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/tracker-miners.git
Version: 3.11.beta-21-gf174d46
- 2026-02-25
- Last Analyzed
- 156,996
- Lines of Code Analyze
- 0.1
- Defect Density
Defects by status for current build
- 187
- Total defects
- 15
- Outstanding
- 168
- Fixed
CWE Top 25 defects
| ID | CWE-Name | Number of Defects |
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| 190 | Integer Overflow or Wraparound | 1 |