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Zimt: Memory Tagging

Development

Tags 16-byte memory chunks and checks the tag on each pointer dereference, catching use-after-free and overruns.

Typical use: Detecting use-after-free and out-of-bounds accesses

Specification

Open Zimt in the explorer

Dependencies

Requires

Instructions

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