Failures Database
This database contains reports analyzing software failures from the news. Currently, it contains failures from 2010 to 2022. This database was created through the FAIL (Failure Analysis Investigation with LLM) project. FAIL leverages Large Language Models (LLMs) to collect and analyze software failures reported in the news. Our work has been presented in the paper titled "FAIL: Analyzing Software Failures from the News Using LLMs." Contributing members include Dharun Anandayuvaraj, Matthew Campbell, Tanmay Singla, Parth Patil, Arav Tewari, and James C. Davis from Purdue University.
| Title | Published Date | System | Number of Articles | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tesla Model S Vulnerabilities Exploited by Security Researchers | 2015-08-06 | 1. Tesla Model S' infotainment system using an out-of-date browser with a four-year-old Apple WebKit vulnerability [38895] 2. Tesla Model S' Ubuntu Linux operating system [38895] 3. Tesla Model S' internal security, which was less robust allowing attackers to leapfrog from one component to another [38895] | 1 | View Details |
| Tesla Model S Software Vulnerabilities Allow Remote Hacking and Control | 2015-08-06 | 1. Tesla Model S car's software [38915] | 1 | View Details |
| Apple Mac OS X Vulnerabilities: Privilege Escalation and Firmware Exploits | 2015-08-05 | 1. Mac OS X operating system 2. DYLD component 3. Thunderstrike 2 vulnerability 4. Firmware of Mac computers 5. Thunderbolt devices | 2 | View Details |
| iPhone 6 Plus iSight Camera Blurriness Issue Identified by Apple | 2015-08-24 | 1. iSight camera component in a small percentage of iPhone 6 Plus devices [38714] 2. Optical Image Stabilisation (OIS) feature in the iPhone 6 Plus [31492] | 2 | View Details |
| Google's Self-Driving Cars Experienced Software Failures Leading to Potential Crashes. | 2016-01-12 | 1. Overall stability of the autonomous driving system, including communication and system failures [39434]. 2. Autonomous technology installed in Google's self-driving cars experienced failures, such as software or perception errors [40023]. 3. Technology failures such as communication breakdowns, strange sensor readings, or problems in safety-critical systems like steering or braking [39570]. 4. Google's self-driving cars were not at fault in any of the 11 minor traffic accidents they were involved in, indicating that the self-driving system did not fail in causing the accidents [36077]. | 4 | View Details |
| Vulnerabilities in Comcast's Xfinity Home Security System Lead to False Reporting | 2016-01-05 | 1. Comcast's Xfinity Home Security system [39428] | 1 | View Details |
| Nest Learning Thermostat Software Bug Causes Heating Failure Impacting Users | 2016-01-13 | 1. Nest Learning Thermostat [39456] | 1 | View Details |
| Unauthorized Metadata Sharing Due to Software Flaw by Canadian Agency. | 2016-01-28 | 1. Software flaw in the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) system - resulted in the sharing of metadata, used to identify, manage, or route communications over networks that could identify Canadians [39594]. | 1 | View Details |
| Data Breach at Fraternal Order of Police Website due to Software Errors | 2016-01-28 | The software failure incident mentioned in the article involved a breach of the Fraternal Order of Police's website, resulting in the leak of sensitive information. The systems that failed in this incident were: 1. Website security system: The website's security system failed to prevent the hacker from breaching the system and accessing sensitive data [39631]. 2. Encryption system: The encryption system accepted a pseudo-encryption key that it should not have, indicating a failure in the encryption mechanism [39631]. | 1 | View Details |
| Voting Machine Security Failures in Virginia and the US | 2015-08-17 | 1. WINVote touchscreen voting machines [38902] 2. M650 electronic scanner used in 23 states of the US [76004] 3. AccuVote TSx voting machine used by 18 states of the US [76004] | 2 | View Details |