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The Juliet 1.1 C/C++ and Java Test Suite

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Frederick E. Boland Jr., Paul E. Black

Abstract

The Juliet Test Suite 1.1 is a collection of over 81,000 synthetic C/C++ and Java programs with known flaws. These programs are useful as test cases for testing the effectiveness of static analyzers and other software assurance tools, and are in the public domain. This article describes the structure of Juliet and the test cases comprising it. The cases cover 181 different Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) entries. Each case consists of a page or two of source code with a specific flaw embedded in a control- or data-flow variant, and most include similar, but non-flawed, code to test tool discrimination. The C/C++ or Java portion of the test suite may be downloaded at http://samate.nist.gov/SRD/testsuite.php.
Citation
Computer (IEEE Computer)
Volume
45
Issue
10
Pub Type
Journals

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Keywords

software assurance, source code static analysis, Juliet test suite, CWE, SAMATE
Software testing, Software research and Cybersecurity and privacy

Citation

Boland Jr., F. and Black, P. (2012), The Juliet 1.1 C/C++ and Java Test Suite, Computer (IEEE Computer), [online], https://doi.org/10.1109/MC.2012.345 (Accessed October 13, 2025)

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Created September 30, 2012, Updated October 12, 2021
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