Ever Wondered How Static Analysis Tools Find Bugs? Start with CFG and DFG
Ever Wondered How Static Analysis Tools Find Bugs? Start with CFG and DFG These are 9 parts explaining Control Flow Graphs, Data Flow Graphs, Program Dependence Graphs, program slicing, binary CFG recovery, and graph-based vulnerability detection. Index Why Static Analysis Tools Think in Graphs Control Flow Graphs - Mapping How Code Executes Data Flow Graphs - Following Data from Source to Sink Program Dependence Graphs - Where Control Flow Meets Data Flow Program Slicing - Reducing Noise in Static Analysis Recovering Control Flow Graphs from Binaries and Firmware Using CFG, DFG, and PDG for Vulnerability Detection From CFG and DFG to Code Property Graphs and ML-Based Analysis Building a Simple Static Analyzer with CFG and DFG Concepts 1. Why Static Analysis Tools Think in Graphs Static analysis tools do not simply read source code line by line. They transform programs into structured representations that make program behavior easier to reas...