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trailofbits/CoBRA ★ 343 18 APPLICATION

CoBRA is a C++ library and CLI tool for simplifying mixed Boolean-arithmetic (MBA) expressions, commonly used in software obfuscation. It ingests expressions combining arithmetic (+, -, *) with bitwise (&, |, ^, ~) and shift operators and outputs a simplified equivalent form. The core engine uses a worklist orchestrator that coordinates 36+ passes, including signature-based transforms (CoB butterfly, ANF recovery), semilinear normalization with bit partitioning, decomposition (product, polynomial, template cores), ghost residual solving, and pattern matching. An optional Z3 verifier proves full-width equivalence. The tool can be used as a standalone CLI (`cobra-cli`), as an LLVM pass for automatic deobfuscation during compilation, or as a library (`cobra::Simplify()`). The codebase is well-structured with extensive test coverage (1195+ tests) and benchmark datasets from multiple research projects. While the core is tightly coupled internally, several generic utilities (Result type, profiling stubs, math helpers) are reusable independently.

RATING: 9.0/10 MAINT: active DRIFT: low
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