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Look out! Divergent representations are everywhere!

Summary

Compiler optimizations can give the same source variable divergent representations in a compiled binary — inconsistent interpretations on overflow that made Trail of Bits' SQLite vulnerability easier to exploit. The team built binary and source analyses to find more instances.
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