Questions tagged [callstack]
Represent all the active functions in the program at a precise moment. It is composed of a chain of functions where each function has a caller (parent) and a callee (descendant), except for the `main` function which has only a callee, and the last one which has only a caller.
3
questions
12
votes
2answers
2k views
Detecting recursive functions in IDA
How can I detect/mark recursive functions in IDA?
Trivial method would be to check every function's call list and if it calls itself then it's recursive. I'ld like to put a comment or some kind of ...
7
votes
3answers
6k views
buffer overflow exploits - Why is the shellcode put before the return address
The code I'm referring to is found here: Link to code
I read that the buffer overflow exploit uses a buffer that looks something like this:
| NOP SLED | SHELLCODE | REPEATED RETURN ADDRESS |
From ...
2
votes
2answers
49 views
VC 6 C++ Exception handling, nTryBlocks=0, pTryBlockMap=0 , how?why?
I'm trying to decompile an old binary (about 20 year old).
The program uses exceptions.
I found some FuncInfo but they do not contain any pTryBlockMap and nTryBlocks is 0.
I've tried many options ...
