Vector35 / Vector35/binaryninja-api
allow user override of string rendering at function call
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Component: UI
Effort: Trivial
Impact: Medium
UI: Linear
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Description
When a function overlaps with a string, linear HLIL will not render the actual string when a pointer is passed as a paramter. This prevents users from using "A" to force rendering of a pointer as a string when it otherwise would have.
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Research direction
Start by locating linear HLIL string rendering and the handling of pointer parameters when a function overlaps a string. Reproduce the overlapping function/string case, then verify that using "A" at the call forces the pointer to render as a string without changing other rendering behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- reverse-engineering
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100