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Disassembly of binary code is hard, but necessary for improving the securityof binary software. Over the past few decades, research in binary disassemblyhas produced many tools and frameworks, which have been made available toresearchers and security professionals. These tools employ a variety ofstrategies that grant them different characteristics. The lack ofsystematization, however, impedes new research in the area and makes selectingthe right tool hard, as we do not understand the strengths and weaknesses ofexisting tools. In this paper, we systematize binary disassembly through thestudy of nine popular, open-source tools. We couple the manual examination oftheir code bases with the most comprehensive experimental evaluation (thus far)using 3,788 binaries. Our study yields a comprehensive description andorganization of strategies for disassembly, classifying them as eitheralgorithm or else heuristic. Meanwhile, we measure and report the impact ofindividual algorithms on the results of each tool. We find that whileprincipled algorithms are used by all tools, they still heavily rely onheuristics to increase code coverage. Depending on the heuristics used,different coverage-vs-correctness trade-offs come in play, leading to toolswith different strengths and weaknesses. We envision that these findings willhelp users pick the right tool and assist researchers in improving binarydisassembly.

SoK: All You Ever Wanted to Know About x86/x64 Binary Disassembly But Were Afraid to Ask