Zero-Shot Vulnerability Detection Across C/C++ and Python: Domain Shift Impact on Code-Specialized LLMs

This report synthesises findings from 11 peer-reviewed papers addressing the following research question: To what extent does domain shift between C/C++ and Python affect the zero-shot vulnerability detection capabilities of code-specialized LLMs compared to general-purpose models like Llama3. 9 claims were extracted from source literature; 9 were independently verified against retrieved documents. An automated multi-reviewer quality assessment produced a score of 8.7/10. This report is a machine-generated literature synthesis and does not constitute original research.

Research goal: To what extent does domain shift between C/C++ and Python affect the zero-shot vulnerability detection capabilities of code-specialized LLMs compared to general-purpose models like Llama3?

Autonomous literature synthesis. Automated review score: 8.7/10. Full text and citation available at Assignee Research.