---
id: 3788
title: "A Preview of McSema"
source_domain: blog.trailofbits.com
source_url: "https://blog.trailofbits.com/2014/06/23/a-preview-of-mcsema/"
published_at: "2014-06-23T13:00:21Z"
tags: ["reverse-engineering", "recon", "llvm", "binary-translation", "mcsema", "fpu"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/3788"
lang: en
---

# A Preview of McSema

## Summary

A preview of McSema ahead of REcon 2014: translating x86 binaries into LLVM bitcode lets LLVM tools (KLEE, PAGAI, LLBMC) work on existing software, plus a floating-point walkthrough.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** blog.trailofbits.com
- **Published:** 2014-06-23T13:00:21Z
- **Original:** https://blog.trailofbits.com/2014/06/23/a-preview-of-mcsema/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/3788