| PVS-Studio | |
|---|---|
| Developer | PVS-Studio LLC |
| Stable release | 7.38
/ August 6, 2025 (2025-08-06)1 |
| Operating system | Windows, Linux, macOS |
| Type | Static code analysis Security testing |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | pvs-studio |
PVS-Studio is a proprietary static code analyzer on guard of code quality, security, and code safety supporting C, C++, C++11, C++/CLI, C++/CX, C# and Java.234
PVS‑Studio detects various errors types, dead code, and potential vulnerabilities (static application security testing, or SAST), the analyzer matches warnings to the common weakness enumeration, SEI CERT coding standards, and supports the MISRA standard. PVS‑Studio warning classifications for various standards:
- CVE (common weakness enumeration)5
- SEI CERT coding standard6
- MISRA7
- OWASP application security verification standard8
PVS-Studio supports integration with the most diverse development tools and compilation systems, as Visual Studio 2022, IntelliJ IDEA, Rider, CLion, VSCode, Qt Creator, Eclipse, MSBuild, CMake, Make, Ninja, Gradle, Maven, Azure DevOps, Unity, and Unreal 5.
References
References
- "What's new in PVS-Studio 7.38". pvs-studio.com. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
- C# Joins PVS-Studio Line Up
- PVS-Studio extension at msdn.microsoft.com
- Static Code Analyzer Reportedly Finds 10,000 Open Source Bugs
- "Classification of PVS-Studio warnings according to the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)". pvs-studio.com. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
- "Classification of PVS-Studio warnings according to the SEI CERT Coding Standard". pvs-studio.com. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
- "Classification of PVS-Studio warnings according to the standards: MISRA C, MISRA C++". pvs-studio.com. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
- "Classification of PVS-Studio warnings according to the OWASP Application Security Verification Standard (ASVS)". pvs-studio.com. Retrieved 2022-01-11.