In this paper we explore the problem of creating vulnerability signatures. A vulnerability signature matches all exploits of a given vulnerability, even polymorphic or metamorphic...
David Brumley, James Newsome, Dawn Xiaodong Song, ...
Answer-set programming (ASP) is a well-acknowledged paradigm for declarative problem solving, yet comparably little effort has been spent on the investigation of methods to support...
A logic model checker can be an effective tool for debugging software applications. A stumbling block can be that model checking tools expect the user to supply a formal statement...
Margaret H. Smith, Gerard J. Holzmann, Kousha Etes...
We aim to specify program transformations in a declarative style, and then to generate executable program transformers from such specifications. Many transformations require non-t...
Ganesh Sittampalam, Oege de Moor, Ken Friis Larsen
Mixed concrete and symbolic execution is an important technique for finding and understanding software bugs, including securityrelevant ones. However, existing symbolic execution...
Prateek Saxena, Pongsin Poosankam, Stephen McCaman...