Future of shellcode emulation (libemu)?

[phibos]

ISSUE TYPE

• Feature Idea

SUMMARY

libemu is getting old and is mostly unmaintained since some years now. Looks like the most recent version can be found here https://github.com/buffer/libemu It also has some draw backs like the 64bit support as reported in #95 and it has been dropped in Ubuntu 20.04 and Debian 11.

I would recommend to look for other solutions and replace it in the near future.

Some project with shellcode emulation support

• Unicorn Engine - https://github.com/unicorn-engine/unicorn
  • Shim to replace libemu with the Unicorn Engine https://github.com/fireeye/unicorn-libemu-shim
• Quiling - https://github.com/qilingframework/qiling

At this point we are looking for other projects, libraries ... please feel free to post your recommendation to replace libemu.