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- 5th Prompt @ QWEN3 : 2/3 Vulnerable | 1/3 Not Vulnerable | 67% |
- 6th Prompt @ QWEN3 : 2/2 Vulnerable | 0/2 Not Vulnerable | 100% |
| The 110 functions analyzed here are those intersected by symbolic |
| data-flow at function boundaries (ARG, MEM, or RET SymDefs), based on |
| thousands of dynamically instrumented samples that led to the discovery |
| of CVE-2024-44297 (detailed in Section 11), rediscovered here using |
| LLMs. While E0 encounters many more functions across modules and |
| binaries, only those traversed by actual symbolic input propagation |
| were selected for LLM evaluation. |
The two discovered vulnerabilities (2/2) shown in the last step are real. |
One rediscovers CVE-2024-44297, as confirmed by the LLM responses shown in |
the following summaries, while the second is valid but appears to be an |
older vulnerability already mitigated in upstream patches. It involved |
validating a sample-size variable that fell outside the scope of the |
selective symbolic instrumentation trace. This missing upstream context |
inspired the Model Context Protocol and A2A context expansion strategies |
discussed in Section 12.4. |
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| PHI-4 [14B/Q8] Vulnerability Rediscovery | |
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| Denial of Service: By forcing the function into infinite loops or | |
| causing crashes through invalid memory accesses, an attacker could | |
| disrupt service. | |
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| Qwen3 [32B/Q8] Vulnerability Rediscovery | |
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| This vulnerability could be used as part of a denial-of-service attack, | |
| causing the WebP parser to enter an infinite loop when processing a | |
| maliciously crafted file. | |
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Ensemble consensus prompting incrementally applies constraints and filters |
results based on full agreement across multiple prompts. These prompts are |
intentionally selected to span a range of false positive tendencies, from |
medium to high, so that while each may be noisy on its own, their |
intersection amplifies signal over noise. Prompts are sequenced from |
higher to lower expected false positive rates, while eliminating the use |
of prompts prone to false negatives or over-constraint. This avoids |
missing critical issues while refining away inaccurate findings. |
Each individual consensus prompt shown above results in a medium to high |
detection rate ranging from 23% to 100%, while their combined detection |
rate is less than 2 percent (2 out of 110). |
The consensus model significantly reduces false positives by filtering out |
speculative or marginal findings that might arise under weaker LLM |
instruction settings. It ensures that only the most robust, symbolically |
grounded vulnerabilities, resilient to model variation, phrasing shifts, |
and reasoning depth, are surfaced and tightly aligned with the captured |
def-use chains. |
---[ 12.8 - Feedback Loop With Fuzzing and Symbolic Execution |
This component of E0 is experimental and still under active development. |
When all prompt variants in an ensemble consensus reach the same conclusion |
identifying a vulnerability, E0 issues a follow-up prompt requesting |
concrete values for the controllable symbolic expressions (SymDefs) needed |
to trigger the vulnerability. |
These values, together with their corresponding SymDefs and the sample in |
which the expressions were recorded, are fed back into E0's fuzzing and |
instrumentation layers. The symbolic execution engine then instruments the |
program to reach the same symbolic execution point, accumulates the path |
constraints that lead to that expression, and solves for the input that |
would produce the requested value. |
A new sample is then generated that satisfies these constraints and is |
executed in a controlled environment. If the predicted vulnerability is |
triggered (e.g., by causing a crash, hang, or invalid memory access) it is |
logged as a real vulnerability. If the condition is not triggered, the |
result is returned back to the AI layer for further refinement. |
This feedback loop closes the gap between static LLM vulnerability |
analysis insight and dynamic vulnerability validation. It allows E0 to |
convert symbolically grounded LLM predictions into executable test cases |
and determine which LLM-identified risks manifest as real-world |
vulnerabilities. |
E0's LLM analysis pipeline is a symbolically grounded, prompt-guided, |
context-expanding, and modular layer that precisely interprets untrusted |
inputs. It is driven entirely by programmatically generated prompts |
(SymDefs, SMT-solved ranges, and decompiler IR representations) rather |
than by open-ended reasoning. Each analysis step is explicitly scoped and |
isolated using structured phrasing, reverse-prompt engineering, and |
ensemble-consensus prompting. By fusing symbolic execution, SMT solving, |
decompiler IRs, targeted prompts, and external orchestration, E0 delivers |
an LLM integration stack that offers higher accuracy and actionable |
insights: bridging symbolic analysis with higher-level semantic reasoning. |
--[ 13 - Alpha Source Code Release |
This paper is accompanied by a partial source release of E0, a curated |
alpha snapshot of its core instrumentation and symbolic analysis modules. |
While not a complete codebase, the included components directly support |
the techniques and workflows discussed throughout this paper. |
Included in this release: |
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