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I understand the assembly properly. I am just confused about variable 'b' and 'c'. It looks like b is stored at 12(%ebp). I conclude this from cmp 12(%ebp), %eax. If you look at func_8048516, it is adding -0x4(%ebp) which is 'i' and 12(%ebp) which is b. It should translate into a=b+i in the source code but it's a=c+i. Can anyone explain this?

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    What created the C/decompiled code? Are you sure that this is the result of the compilation? Sep 6, 2020 at 7:13
  • @macro-controller this is a problem from picoCTF 2013. There might be a case of a small typo in the assembly from their side. Sep 6, 2020 at 19:15

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compiling this code in godbolt.org the c code assembles to mov 16(%ebp),%edx

which is variable c not b as in your screenshot

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