Vector35 / Vector35/binaryninja-api
Infer types for memory accesses past the end of a structure
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Description
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Infer types of accesses past the end of a structure if the last item in that structure is a zero sized array.
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The issue provides an attached example but names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by reproducing the shown memory access and tracing how types are inferred past structure boundaries; done means accesses beyond a structure with a zero-sized final array receive the appropriate inferred type.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- reverse-engineering
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100