Value-range Analysis of C Programs
Axel Simon
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Description for Value-range Analysis of C Programs
Paperback. Value-Range Analysis of C Programs describes a static analysis for detecting buffer overflows. While the book focuses on a sound analysis of C, it will be useful to researchers and students interested in static analysis of real-world programming languages. Num Pages: 302 pages, 119 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: UMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 498.
Abu?erover?owoccurswheninputiswrittenintoamemorybu?erthatisnot large enough to hold the input. Bu?er over?ows may allow a malicious person to gain control over a computer system in that a crafted input can trick the defectiveprogramintoexecutingcodethatisencodedintheinputitself.They are recognised as one of the most widespread forms of security vulnerability, and many workarounds, including new processor features, have been proposed to contain the threat. This book describes a static analysis that aims to prove the absence of bu?er over?ows in C programs. The analysis is conservative in the sense that it locates every possible over?ow. Furthermore, it is fully automatic in that it requires no user annotations in ... Read more
Abu?erover?owoccurswheninputiswrittenintoamemorybu?erthatisnot large enough to hold the input. Bu?er over?ows may allow a malicious person to gain control over a computer system in that a crafted input can trick the defectiveprogramintoexecutingcodethatisencodedintheinputitself.They are recognised as one of the most widespread forms of security vulnerability, and many workarounds, including new processor features, have been proposed to contain the threat. This book describes a static analysis that aims to prove the absence of bu?er over?ows in C programs. The analysis is conservative in the sense that it locates every possible over?ow. Furthermore, it is fully automatic in that it requires no user annotations in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
Number of Pages
302
Place of Publication
England, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849967020
SKU
V9781849967020
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Reviews for Value-range Analysis of C Programs
From the reviews: "This book describes a static analysis that aims to prove the absence of buffer overflows in C programs. … The book formally describes how program operations are mapped to operations on polyhedra. … Many concepts presented here carry over to other languages such as Java or assembler. So it will be useful ... Read more