Is This the Same Code? A Comprehensive Study of Decompilation Techniques for WebAssembly Binaries
WebAssembly is a low-level bytecode language designed for client-side execution in web browsers. The need for decompilation techniques that recover high-level source code from WASM binaries has grown as WASM continues to gain widespread adoption and its security concerns. However little research has...
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| creator | Wu, Wei-Cheng Yan, Yutian Egilsson, Hallgrimur David Park, David Chan, Steven Hauser, Christophe Wang, Weihang |
| description | WebAssembly is a low-level bytecode language designed for client-side
execution in web browsers. The need for decompilation techniques that recover
high-level source code from WASM binaries has grown as WASM continues to gain
widespread adoption and its security concerns. However little research has been
done to assess the quality of decompiled code from WASM. This paper aims to
fill this gap by conducting a comprehensive comparative analysis between
decompiled C code from WASM binaries and state-of-the-art native binary
decompilers. We presented a novel framework for empirically evaluating C-based
decompilers from various aspects including correctness/ readability/ and
structural similarity. The proposed metrics are validated practicality in
decompiler assessment and provided insightful observations regarding the
characteristics and constraints of existing decompiled code. This in turn
contributes to bolstering the security and reliability of software systems that
rely on WASM and native binaries. |
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done to assess the quality of decompiled code from WASM. This paper aims to
fill this gap by conducting a comprehensive comparative analysis between
decompiled C code from WASM binaries and state-of-the-art native binary
decompilers. We presented a novel framework for empirically evaluating C-based
decompilers from various aspects including correctness/ readability/ and
structural similarity. The proposed metrics are validated practicality in
decompiler assessment and provided insightful observations regarding the
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high-level source code from WASM binaries has grown as WASM continues to gain
widespread adoption and its security concerns. However little research has been
done to assess the quality of decompiled code from WASM. This paper aims to
fill this gap by conducting a comprehensive comparative analysis between
decompiled C code from WASM binaries and state-of-the-art native binary
decompilers. We presented a novel framework for empirically evaluating C-based
decompilers from various aspects including correctness/ readability/ and
structural similarity. The proposed metrics are validated practicality in
decompiler assessment and provided insightful observations regarding the
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high-level source code from WASM binaries has grown as WASM continues to gain
widespread adoption and its security concerns. However little research has been
done to assess the quality of decompiled code from WASM. This paper aims to
fill this gap by conducting a comprehensive comparative analysis between
decompiled C code from WASM binaries and state-of-the-art native binary
decompilers. We presented a novel framework for empirically evaluating C-based
decompilers from various aspects including correctness/ readability/ and
structural similarity. The proposed metrics are validated practicality in
decompiler assessment and provided insightful observations regarding the
characteristics and constraints of existing decompiled code. This in turn
contributes to bolstering the security and reliability of software systems that
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