Abstract:This paper describes the design and implementation of a lightweight static security analyzer that exploits the compilation process of the gcc compiler. The tool is aimed at giving to programmers useful and precise hints for improving the security of the developed software, while also detecting format string vulnerabilities, buffer overflows, and subtle vulnerabilities due to incorrect arithmetic and conversion on integers. The experimented technique is a combination of the taint analysis concept and of a value… Show more
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