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Memory Corruption Exposure

Metric: Unsafe Memory Management (UAF / Buffer Overflows)

Summary: A core Security Lens metric focused exclusively on low-level, unmanaged memory manipulation.

Effect: Highlights areas at risk for memory leaks, Use-After-Free (UAF), and buffer overflows.

The Opt-In Whitelist

Memory Corruption is Strictly Opt-In. If the file is not written in a native memory-managed language (e.g., c, cpp, rust, zig, assembly), the engine immediately bypasses the math and returns \(0.0\).

The Equation: Raw vs. Managed Memory

Step A: Calculate Raw Memory Mass We sum the weighted heuristics for direct memory addressing. $\(RawMass = (pointers \times 2.5) + (alloc \times 3.0) + (asm \times 5.0) + (casts \times 1.5)\)$

Step B: Calculate Mitigation Mass We look for explicit memory cleanup and standard safety guardrails. $\(Mitigation = cleanup + (safety \times 1.5)\)$

Step C: Net Risk $\(NetRisk = \max(RawMass - Mitigation, 0.0) \times ArchetypeMultiplier\)$ The result is mapped through the standard security Sigmoid curve.



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