Catherine G. P. Berdanier

21 papers C 15Journal 2Unranked 4
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2024 C conf
FIE
Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Kyeonghun Jwa, Megan Ellery
2023 C conf
FIE
Godwyll Aikins, Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Kim-Doang Nguyen
2023 C conf
FIE
Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Gabriella Sallai
2023 C conf
FIE
Matthew Bahnson, Monique Ross, Catherine G. P. Berdanier
2023 conf
ProComm
Catherine G. P. Berdanier
2022 C conf
FIE
Shannon O'Brien, Catherine G. P. Berdanier
2021 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Prof. Commun.
Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Mary McCall, Gracemarie Mike Fillenwarth
2021 C conf
FIE
Ellen Zerbe, Jia Zhu, Monique Ross, Catherine G. P. Berdanier
2020 C conf
FIE
Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Christopher M. McComb, Weiwei Zhu
2020 C conf
FIE
Natascha Trellinger Buswell, Catherine G. P. Berdanier
2019 C conf
FIE
Emma Hocker, Ellen Zerbe, Catherine G. P. Berdanier
2019 C conf
FIE
Catherine G. P. Berdanier
2018 C conf
FIE
Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Ellen Zerbe
2018 C conf
FIE
Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Eric Baker, Weiqin Wang, Christopher McComb
2018 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Prof. Commun.
Gracemarie Mike, Mary McCall, Catherine G. P. Berdanier
2018 conf
ProComm
Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Ellen Zerbe
2017 C conf
FIE
Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Natascha M. Trellinger
2017 C conf
FIE
Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Sanyukta Baluni, Carey Whitehair
2017 conf
ProComm
Joshua B. Lenart, Catherine G. P. Berdanier
2016 C conf
FIE
Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Mary McCall, Gracemarie Mike
2016 conf
IPCC
Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Mary McCall, Gracemarie Mike
redb/extractors/decompiler/bninja/analysis/strings.py
← Index redb/extractors/decompiler/bninja/analysis/strings.py python
from collections import Counter
import math

class StringAnalysis:
    def __init__(self, bv, functions):
        self.bv = bv
        self.functions = functions

    def entropy(self, s: str) -> float:
        """Compute Shannon entropy of a string."""
        if not s:
            return 0.0
        freq = Counter(s)
        length = len(s)
        return -sum((count / length) * math.log2(count / length) for count in freq.values())

    def analyze(self):
        """
        Extract unique strings from the binary.

        Deduplicates by (string, encoding) within the same binary, keeping the
        first occurrence (lowest offset). Cross-binary deduplication and
        aggregation is handled by ClickHouse materialized views.
        """
        strings = {}

        # Sort strings by their starting address
        sorted_entries = sorted(self.bv.strings, key=lambda e: e.start)

        for entry in sorted_entries:
            # Key is the string and its encoding
            key = (entry.value, entry.type.name)

            # Skip if this string (value + encoding) was already added.
            # Because entries are sorted by address, the first one is always kept.
            if key in strings:
                continue

            # Store only the first occurrence with schema-matching field names
            # entry.length is the raw byte length, len(entry.value) is decoded string length
            string_entry = {
                "string": entry.value,
                "string_raw": entry.raw,
                "string_encoding": entry.type.name,
                "string_offset": entry.start,
                "string_length": len(entry.value),
                "string_raw_length": entry.length,
                "string_entropy": self.entropy(entry.value),
            }

            strings[key] = string_entry

        # Return as list for export compatibility
        return list(strings.values())