Jakstab: A Static Analysis Platform for Binaries

  • Authors:
  • Johannes Kinder;Helmut Veith

  • Affiliations:
  • Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany 64289;Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany 64289

  • Venue:
  • CAV '08 Proceedings of the 20th international conference on Computer Aided Verification
  • Year:
  • 2008

Quantified Score

Hi-index 0.00

Visualization

Abstract

For processing compiled code, model checkers require accurate model extraction from binaries. We present our fully configurable binary analysis platform Jakstab, which resolves indirect branches by multiple rounds of disassembly interleaved with dataflow analysis. We demonstrate that this iterative disassembling strategy achieves better results than the state-of-the-art tool IDA Pro.