Wei Wang

55 papers B 5Misc 1Journal 37Unranked 12
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
IEEE J. Sel. Top. Appl. Earth Obs. Remote. Sens.
Ziping He, Qianglin Zhu, Wei Wang, Baokai Zu, Zhaohong Liu
2025 conf
BIBM
Wei Wang, Tao Yang, Xin Wang
2025 B conf
IJCNN
Wei Wang, Xing Zhang, Xin Wang, BeiBei Zhen
2025 B conf
IJCNN
Xin Wang, Wei Wang, Jixing He
2025 conf
ICIC (1)
Wei Wang, Qing Su, Xin Wang
2025 conf
ICIC (28)
Wei Wang, Feng Jiang, Xin Wang
2025 Misc conf
ICASSP
Wei Wang, Longrun Wang, Xin Wang
2025 B conf
IJCNN
Wei Wang, Feng Jiang, Xin Wang
2025 B conf
IJCNN
Xin Wang, Yuewen Luo, Wei Wang
2025 J jnl
IEEE Signal Process. Lett.
Wei Wang, Jixing He, Xin Wang
2025 conf
ICIC (2)
Wei Wang, Huilin Ren, Xin Wang, Xiaowei Zhang
2024 J jnl
IEEE Geosci. Remote. Sens. Lett.
Wei Wang, Yingfeng Zhang, Xin Wang, Ji Li
2024 conf
ICIC (5)
Wei Wang, Zixin Zhou, Xin Wang
2024 J jnl
IEEE J. Sel. Top. Appl. Earth Obs. Remote. Sens.
Wei Wang, Luocheng Xia, Xin Wang
2024 conf
BIBM
Wei Wang, Yuewen Luo, Xin Wang
2024 conf
ICIC (4)
Wei Wang, Luocheng Xia, Xin Wang
2024 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens.
Wei Wang, Cong Liu, Guanqun Liu, Xin Wang
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Wei Wang, Jixing He, Xin Wang
2024 J jnl
Int. J. Appl. Earth Obs. Geoinformation
Wei Wang, Yujie Sun, Ji Li, Xin Wang
2024 conf
PRCV (14)
Wei Wang, Huiying Sun, Xin Wang
2024 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens.
Wei Wang, Tianle Yang, Xin Wang
2024 conf
MICCAI (7)
Wei Wang, Huiying Sun, Xin Wang
2024 B conf
IJCNN
Wei Wang, Yuting Shi, Xin Wang
2023 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens.
Wei Wang, Ting Hu, Xin Wang, Ji Li
2023 J jnl
Biomed. Signal Process. Control.
Jingchao Xu, Xin Wang, Wei Wang, Wendi Huang
2022 J jnl
IEEE J. Sel. Top. Appl. Earth Obs. Remote. Sens.
Wei Wang, Xinai Tan, Peng Zhang, Xin Wang
2022 J jnl
IET Image Process.
Wei Wang, Wendi Huang, Xin Wang, Peng Zhang, Nian Zhang
2022 J jnl
IEEE Geosci. Remote. Sens. Lett.
Wei Wang, Chen Tang, Xin Wang, Bin Zheng
2022 J jnl
BMC Medical Imaging
Wei Wang, Yongbin Jiang, Xin Wang, Peng Zhang, Ji Li
2021 J jnl
Comput. Intell. Neurosci.
Ji Li, Huiqiang Zhang, Jianping Ou, Wei Wang
2021 conf
ICACI
Wei Wang, Yutao Li, Xin Wang, Ji Li, Peng Zhang
2021 J jnl
Comput. Intell. Neurosci.
Xin Wang, Yiyang Hu, Yanhong Luo, Wei Wang
2021 J jnl
Int. J. Comput. Intell. Syst.
Wei Wang, Xiao Huang, Ji Li, Peng Zhang, Xin Wang
2021 J jnl
Comput. Intell. Neurosci.
Wei Wang, Yutao Li, Ji Li, Peng Zhang, Xin Wang
2021 J jnl
J. Supercomput.
Baoyin Zhang, Zeyao Mo, Xin Wang, Wei Wang, Gang Li, Aiqing Zhang, Xiaolin Cao
2021 J jnl
Comput. Intell. Neurosci.
Wei Wang, Yihui Hu, Yanhong Luo, Xin Wang
2021 J jnl
Int. J. Comput. Intell. Syst.
Wei Wang, Hao Liu, Ji Li, Hongshan Nie, Xin Wang
2020 J jnl
Comput. Intell. Neurosci.
Wei Wang, Yiyang Hu, Ting Zou, Hongmei Liu, Jin Wang, Xin Wang
2020 J jnl
Mob. Inf. Syst.
Wei Wang, Yutao Li, Ting Zou, Xin Wang, Jieyu You, Yanhong Luo
2020 J jnl
Comput. Intell. Neurosci.
Ji Li, Huiqiang Zhang, Jianping Ou, Wei Wang
2020 J jnl
Comput. Intell. Neurosci.
Wei Wang, Chengwen Zhang, Jinge Tian, Jianping Ou, Ji Li
2020 J jnl
BMC Medical Imaging
Wei Wang, Jinge Tian, Chengwen Zhang, Yanhong Luo, Xin Wang, Ji Li
2020 J jnl
Comput. Intell. Neurosci.
Wei Wang, Chengwen Zhang, Jinge Tian, Xin Wang, Jianping Ou, Jun Zhang, Ji Li
2020 J jnl
Comput. Intell. Neurosci.
Xin Wang, Can Tang, Ji Li, Peng Zhang, Wei Wang
2020 J jnl
Ann. des Télécommunications
Jianming Zhang, Wei Wang, Chaoquan Lu, Jin Wang, Arun Kumar Sangaiah
2020 J jnl
Int. J. Comput. Intell. Syst.
Wei Wang, Yujing Yang, Ji Li, Yongle Hu, Yanhong Luo, Xin Wang
2019 J jnl
IEEE Access
Weizheng Wang, Jincheng Wang, Wei Wang, Peng Liu, Shuo Cai
2019 conf
ICIG (3)
Hangtao Hu, Shuo Cai, Wei Wang, Peng Zhang, Zhiyong Li
2019 J jnl
Int. J. Comput. Intell. Syst.
Wei Wang, Yongbin Jiang, Yanhong Luo, Ji Li, Xin Wang, Tong Zhang
2019 J jnl
Comput. Intell. Neurosci.
Wei Wang, Can Tang, Xin Wang, Yanhong Luo, Yongle Hu, Ji Li
2018 J jnl
计算机科学
Wei Wang, Junwu Chen, Xin Wang
2017 J jnl
IEICE Electron. Express
Liao Wu, Chenrui Guo, Peng Liu, Wei Wang
2017 J jnl
IEICE Electron. Express
Shuo Cai, Yinbo Zhou, Peng Liu, Fei Yu, Wei Wang
2017 J jnl
IEICE Electron. Express
Shuo Cai, Fei Yu, Weizheng Wang, Tieqiao Liu, Peng Liu, Wei Wang
2016 conf
ICAC
Xin Wang, Wei Wang, Yerong Zhang, Kexin Sun, Lvping Li
redb/extractors/decompiler/bninja/analysis/low_level.py
← Index redb/extractors/decompiler/bninja/analysis/low_level.py python
import time

from binaryninja import (
    LowLevelILInstruction,
)
from binaryninja import (
    LowLevelILOperation as LLIL_OP,
)
from binaryninja.lowlevelil import (
    LowLevelILAdd,
    LowLevelILConst,
    LowLevelILConstPtr,
    LowLevelILLoad,
    LowLevelILLsl,
    LowLevelILMul,
    LowLevelILPop,
    LowLevelILPush,
    LowLevelILReg,
    LowLevelILStore,
    LowLevelILSub,
)

# Support both package and standalone imports
try:
    from ..function_type import FunctionTypeAnalysis
    from ..similarity.minhasher import MinHasher, TokenKind
    from ..utils.hashes import calculate_sha256, calculate_tlsh
    from .low_level_normalization import LowLevelNormalization

except ImportError:
    # Fallback to absolute imports (for multiprocessing spawned processes)
    from redb.extractors.decompiler.bninja.analysis.low_level_normalization import LowLevelNormalization
    from redb.extractors.decompiler.bninja.similarity.minhasher import MinHasher
    from redb.extractors.decompiler.bninja.function_type import FunctionTypeAnalysis
    from redb.extractors.decompiler.bninja.utils.hashes import calculate_sha256, calculate_tlsh

class LowLevelAnalysis:
    def __init__(self, function, bv, logger):
        self.function = function
        self.name = function.name
        self.start = function.start
        self.llil_func = function.llil
        self.bv = bv
        self.logger = logger
        self.errors = []

    def log_error(
        self, message, function_name, address, exception=None, error_location="unknown"
    ):
        """Log an error during processing."""
        error_msg = f"Error in function {function_name} at {address}: {message}"
        if exception:
            error_msg += f" - {str(exception)}"
        self.logger.error(error_msg)

        # Add to errors list
        error = {
            "function_name": function_name,
            "function_address": str(address),
            "error_location": error_location,
            "error_message": message,
            "error_details": str(exception) if exception else "",
            "error_type": type(exception).__name__ if exception else "Unknown",
            "timestamp": int(time.time() * 1000),
        }
        self.errors.append(error)

    def count_control_flow_instructions(self):
        if self.llil_func is None:
            return 0

        count = 0
        for basic_block in self.llil_func.basic_blocks:
            for ins in basic_block:
                op = ins.operation
                if op in (
                    LLIL_OP.LLIL_IF,
                    LLIL_OP.LLIL_GOTO,
                    LLIL_OP.LLIL_JUMP,
                    LLIL_OP.LLIL_JUMP_TO,
                    LLIL_OP.LLIL_CALL,
                    LLIL_OP.LLIL_CALL_SSA,
                ):
                    count += 1

        return count

    def collect_memory_patterns(self):
        """ """
        patterns = set()

        try:
            llil = self.llil_func
            arch = self.bv.arch
            sp_name = arch.stack_pointer if arch and arch.stack_pointer else "sp"

            def analyze_addr(addr_expr, might_be_direct):
                """
                Visit the expression for the address and understand whether it has a direct, scaled, base offset, etc.
                access to memory
                """
                found = {
                    "direct": False,
                    "scaled": False,
                    "base_off": False,
                    "stack": False,
                    "string": False,
                }

                def addr_cb(n):
                    # stack (SP/BP-like)
                    match n:
                        case LowLevelILReg(src=reg):
                            if reg == sp_name:
                                found["stack"] = True

                        case LowLevelILConst() | LowLevelILConstPtr():
                            if might_be_direct:
                                found["direct"] = True

                        # base +/- const
                        case (
                            LowLevelILAdd(left=l, right=r)
                            | LowLevelILSub(left=l, right=r)
                        ):
                            l_is_reg = isinstance(l, LowLevelILReg)
                            r_is_reg = isinstance(r, LowLevelILReg)
                            l_is_cst = isinstance(
                                l, (LowLevelILConst, LowLevelILConstPtr)
                            )
                            r_is_cst = isinstance(
                                r, (LowLevelILConst, LowLevelILConstPtr)
                            )
                            if (l_is_reg and r_is_cst) or (r_is_reg and l_is_cst):
                                found["base_off"] = True

                        # scaled index (index*scale) or shift (index << k)
                        case LowLevelILMul(left=l, right=r):
                            if (
                                isinstance(l, LowLevelILReg)
                                and isinstance(r, LowLevelILConst)
                            ) or (
                                isinstance(r, LowLevelILReg)
                                and isinstance(l, LowLevelILConst)
                            ):
                                found["scaled"] = True

                        case LowLevelILLsl(left, right):
                            if isinstance(left, LowLevelILReg) and isinstance(
                                right, LowLevelILConst
                            ):
                                found["scaled"] = True

                    return None

                _ = list(addr_expr.traverse(addr_cb))

                if found["direct"]:
                    patterns.add("MEM_DIRECT")
                if found["scaled"]:
                    patterns.add("MEM_SCALED_INDEX")
                if found["base_off"]:
                    patterns.add("MEM_BASE_OFFSET")
                if found["stack"]:
                    patterns.add("MEM_STACK")
                elif found["string"]:
                    patterns.add("MEM_STRING")

            def func_cb(i):
                match i:
                    case LowLevelILPush(src=addr):
                        analyze_addr(addr, False)
                    case LowLevelILPop(src=addr):
                        analyze_addr(addr, False)
                    case LowLevelILLoad(src=addr):
                        analyze_addr(addr, True)
                    case LowLevelILStore(dest=addr, src=_):
                        analyze_addr(addr, True)

                return None

            # complete visit for the single instruction
            _ = list(llil.traverse(func_cb))

            return sorted(patterns)

        except Exception as e:
            self.log_error(
                "Failed to collect memory patterns via LLIL.traverse",
                self.name,
                self.start,
                e,
                "collect_memory_patterns",
            )
            return []

    def collect_register_usage(self):
        """
        Collect frequencies for register usage
        """
        try:
            llil = self.llil_func

            register_usage = {}

            def inc(reg, kind):
                if reg is None:
                    return
                entry = register_usage.setdefault(reg, {"reads": 0, "writes": 0})
                entry[kind] += 1

            if not llil:
                return {}, 0, 0

            for top_il in llil.instructions:
                registers_read = self.function.get_regs_read_by(
                    top_il.address, self.bv.arch
                )
                registers_write = self.function.get_regs_written_by(
                    top_il.address, self.bv.arch
                )

                for reg_read in registers_read:
                    inc(reg_read, "reads")

                for reg_write in registers_write:
                    inc(reg_write, "writes")

            total_reads = sum(entry["reads"] for entry in register_usage.values())
            total_writes = sum(entry["writes"] for entry in register_usage.values())

            return register_usage, total_reads, total_writes

        except Exception as e:
            self.log_error(
                "Failed to collect register usage via LLIL.traverse",
                self.name,
                self.start,
                e,
                "collect_register_usage",
            )
            return {}, 0, 0

    def _classify_address(self, bv, addr):
        """
        Classification of the address
        """
        info = {
            "address": addr,
            "section": None,
            "segment_writable": None,
            "symbol": None,
            "kind": None,  # "string", "function_ptr", "data_var", "symbol", "unknown"
            "datatype": None,  # es. "char *", "int32_t", "my_struct", ...
            "note": None,
        }

        # section / segment
        sec = bv.get_section_at(addr)
        seg = bv.get_segment_at(addr)
        if sec:
            info["section"] = sec.name
        if seg:
            info["segment_writable"] = bool(seg.writable)

        sym = bv.get_symbol_at(addr)
        if sym:
            info["symbol"] = sym.full_name

        # function pointer
        try:
            fns = list(bv.get_functions_at(addr))
        except Exception:
            # some versions have get_function_at(addr) that returns a single object or None
            fns = [bv.get_function_at(addr)] if hasattr(bv, "get_function_at") else []
        fns = [f for f in fns if f]
        if fns:
            info["kind"] = "function_ptr"
            info["datatype"] = "func"
            info["note"] = f"points to function {fns[0].name}"
            return info

        # string
        sref = bv.get_string_at(addr)
        if sref:
            info["kind"] = "string"
            # sref.type:
            info["datatype"] = (
                getattr(sref, "type", None).__class__.__name__
                if hasattr(sref, "type")
                else "string"
            )
            return info

        # data typed variable
        dv = bv.get_data_var_at(addr)
        if dv:
            info["kind"] = "data_var"
            info["datatype"] = str(dv.type) if getattr(dv, "type", None) else None
            if getattr(dv, "name", None):
                info["symbol"] = dv.name if not info["symbol"] else info["symbol"]
            return info

        # only symbol (no data var)
        if sym and not info["kind"]:
            info["kind"] = "symbol"
            return info

        # unknown
        info["kind"] = "unknown"
        return info

    def count_data_references(self):
        """Count the number of data references in a function using LLIL."""
        count = 0

        if self.llil_func is None:
            return 0

        try:
            # Iterate LLIL basic blocks and instructions
            for instr in self.llil_func.instructions:
                instr_str = str(instr)
                logged = False
                src = None

                # Check for constant dereferencing or symbolic refs
                if hasattr(instr, "src"):
                    src = instr.src
                    if isinstance(src, (LowLevelILConstPtr, LowLevelILConst)):
                        count += 1
                        logged = True

                if not logged and "_" in instr_str:
                    count += 1

                # If src is a pointer constant, check if it lands in a writable data segment
                if src is not None and isinstance(src, LowLevelILConstPtr):
                    addr = src.constant
                    segment = self.bv.get_segment_at(addr)
                    if segment and segment.writable:
                        count += 1

        except Exception as e:
            self.logger.warning(
                f"Failed to use LLIL for counting data references in "
                f"{self.name} at {self.start}: {e}"
            )
        return count

    def compute_num_calls(self):
        c = 0

        if not self.llil_func:
            return 0

        for instr in self.llil_func.instructions:
            if instr.operation in (LLIL_OP.LLIL_CALL, LLIL_OP.LLIL_TAILCALL):
                c += 1
        return c

    def compute_max_block_size(self):
        """Compute the maximum basic block size in a function."""
        if self.llil_func is None:
            return 0

        max_size = 0
        for block in self.llil_func.basic_blocks:
            try:
                # Count instructions in this block using the direct length approach
                # This avoids UTF-8 decoding issues entirely
                block_size = block.instruction_count
                max_size = max(max_size, block_size)
            except Exception as e:
                self.log_error(
                    f"[HandledError] computing max block size: {e}",
                    self.name,
                    self.start,
                    e,
                    "compute_max_block_size",
                )
        return max_size

    def estimate_stack_size(self):
        """Estimate the stack size used by a function."""
        try:
            # Binary Ninja provides a stack adjustment value for functions
            # Need to convert OffsetWithConfidence to a plain integer
            stack_adjust = self.function.stack_adjustment
            if hasattr(stack_adjust, "value"):  # Handle OffsetWithConfidence objects
                return stack_adjust.value
            return stack_adjust
        except Exception as e:
            self.log_error(
                "Failed to estimate stack size",
                self.name,
                self.start,
                e,
                "estimate_stack_size",
            )
            return -1

    def collect_instruction_types(self):
        def iter_llil_tree(root_il):
            stack = [root_il]
            while stack:
                il_single_op = stack.pop()
                if not isinstance(il_single_op, LowLevelILInstruction):
                    continue
                yield il_single_op
                for il_operand in il_single_op.operands:
                    if isinstance(il_operand, LowLevelILInstruction):
                        stack.append(il_operand)
                    elif isinstance(il_operand, (list, tuple)):
                        for sub in il_operand:
                            if isinstance(sub, LowLevelILInstruction):
                                stack.append(sub)

        type_frequencies = {}
        try:
            if self.llil_func is None:
                return type_frequencies

            il_func = self.llil_func

            for top_il in il_func.instructions:
                for il in iter_llil_tree(top_il):
                    op = getattr(il, "operation", None)
                    if op is None:
                        continue

                    category = str(op)

                    if category in type_frequencies:
                        type_frequencies[category] += 1
                    else:
                        type_frequencies[category] = 1

        except Exception as e:
            self.log_error(
                "Failed to collect LLIL instruction types",
               self.name,
                self.start,
                e,
                "collect_instruction_types_llil",
            )

        return type_frequencies

    def _collect_low_level_with_type(self):
        llil = self.llil_func
        if not llil:
            return [], []

        start = self.start

        low_level = LowLevelNormalization()

        instrs_with_addr = []

        for il in llil.instructions:
            norm = low_level.normalize_instr_with_operands(il)

            # Clamp negative offsets to 0 for UInt32 compatibility.
            # Negative offsets (instruction before function start) may occur with
            # overlapping functions or tail-calls in obfuscated/malware binaries.
            # Multiple instructions at offset 0 indicates this anomaly and can be
            # queried to identify such samples easily than by checking logs.
            # Triggered by 590ecad54cd9e1c8681509420ad56edde8b064ffbf884ce6cd8dd28eebb95ae1
            offset = il.address - start
            if offset < 0:
                offset = 0

            instrs_with_addr.append((offset, norm))

        return instrs_with_addr

    def _collect_low_level_and_with_addr(self):
        llil = self.llil_func
        if not llil:
            return [], []

        start = self.start

        low_level = LowLevelNormalization()

        instrs = []
        instrs_with_addr = []

        for il in llil.instructions:
            norm = low_level.normalize_instruction_all_levels(il)

            instrs.append(norm)

            # Clamp negative offsets to 0 for UInt32 compatibility.
            # Negative offsets (instruction before function start) may occur with
            # overlapping functions or tail-calls in obfuscated/malware binaries.
            # Multiple instructions at offset 0 indicates this anomaly and can be
            # queried to identify such samples easily than by checking logs.
            # Triggered by 590ecad54cd9e1c8681509420ad56edde8b064ffbf884ce6cd8dd28eebb95ae1
            offset = il.address - start
            if offset < 0:
                offset = 0

            instrs_with_addr.append((offset, norm))

        return instrs, instrs_with_addr


    def analyze(self):
        registers_uses, total_reads, total_written = self.collect_register_usage()
        instr_low_level, body_llil_vector = self._collect_low_level_and_with_addr()
        instr_low_level_str = str(instr_low_level)
        instructions_low_level = calculate_sha256(instr_low_level_str)
        instructions_low_level_tlsh = calculate_tlsh(instr_low_level_str)

        instr_typed_llil = self._collect_low_level_with_type()
        instr_typed_low_level_str = str(instr_typed_llil)
        instructions_typed_low_level = calculate_sha256(instr_typed_low_level_str)
        instructions_typed_low_level_tlsh = calculate_tlsh(instr_typed_low_level_str)

        seed = 0xdeadbeef
        minhash_llil_skeleton = MinHasher(seed, self.llil_func, TokenKind.LLIL).calculateMinHash()
        minhash_llil_typed = MinHasher(seed, self.llil_func, TokenKind.TYPED_LLIL).calculateMinHash()

        low_level_json = {
            "function_address": self.start,
            "function_type": FunctionTypeAnalysis(self.function)
            .get_function_type()
            .name,
            "body_llil_vector": body_llil_vector,
            "sha256_llil": instructions_low_level,
            "tlsh_llil": instructions_low_level_tlsh,
            "minhash_llil_skeleton": minhash_llil_skeleton,
            "instructions_types_llil": list(self.collect_instruction_types()),
            "instruction_typed_llil": instructions_typed_low_level,
            "tlsh_instruction_typed_llil": instructions_typed_low_level_tlsh,
            "minhash_llil_typed": minhash_llil_typed,
            "control_flow_count_llil": self.count_control_flow_instructions(),
            "memory_access_pattern_llil": self.collect_memory_patterns(),
            "register_usage": registers_uses,
            "total_reg_reads": total_reads,
            "total_reg_written": total_written,
            "data_references_count": self.count_data_references(),
            "max_block_size": self.compute_max_block_size(),
            "num_calls": self.compute_num_calls(),
            "stack_size": self.estimate_stack_size(),
        }

        return low_level_json, self.errors