Unicorn

This release focuses on fixing minor issues in the core and some bindings. See our Github tag page for more details.

See https://github.com/unicorn-engine/unicorn/releases/tag/2.0.0 for details

• Fix some building issues
  • Fix build with LLVM on Powerpc64(le)
  • cmake: enable UNICORN_HAS_ARMEB when ARM is on
  • Better support MingW building
  • Better support FreeBSD host
  • Better support VS2008/VS2010
• Fix some issues in the core:
  • Fix wrong sync after UC_ERR_[READ, WRITE, FETCH]_[UNMAPPED, PROT]
  • Support querying architecture mode besides arm
  • Fix pausing within Thumb2 ITE blocks
• Arm:
  • Support Arm BE8 mode
• X86:
  • Fix FPIP & FTST instructions
• Bindings:
  • Java: remove deprecated javah and build with javac
  • Python: handle exceptions raised in hook functions
  • Rust binding

• Various bugfixes for the core and bindings of all architectures.
• No longer require Python to build the core.
• Support read/write to many new registers of X86 & Arm64.
• Add new API: uc_context_free()
• Add new query type: UC_QUERY_TIMEOUT
• Better support for native Windows build

• Properly handle selected-architecture build.
• Fix compilation issues on PPC & S390x.
• Fix a memory leak on uc_mem_protect().
• ARM:
  • Support big-endian mode.
  • Correct instruction size of Thumb/Thumb2 code.
  • Support read/write APSR register.
• ARM64:
  • Support read/write NEON registers.
  • Support read/write NZCV registers.
• Mips: Support read/write Mips64 registers.
• X86: Support read/write MSR.
• Haskell binding: update to the latest API.
• Python: allow not having PATH setup.

• Lots of bugfixes in all architectures.
• Fix many memory leaking issues.
• New APIs: uc_query, uc_reg_write_batch, uc_reg_read_batch, uc_mem_map_ptr, uc_mem_regions, uc_free, uc_context_alloc, uc_context_save & uc_context_restore.
• New memory hook type: UC_HOOK_MEM_READ_AFTER.
• Add new version macros UC_VERSION_MAJOR, UC_VERSION_MINOR, UC_VERSION_EXTRA.
• Remove glib & pkconfig dependency.
• Windows: export a static lib that can be used outside of Mingw.
• ARM:
  • Support MCLASS cpu (Cortex-M3).
  • Better support for Thumb mode.
  • uc_reg_write now can modify CPSR register.
  • Add some ARM coproc registers.
• ARM64: uc_reg_read & uc_reg_write now handles W0-W31 registers.
• X86:
  • Fix 16bit address computation.
  • Fix initial state of segment registers.
• Windows: fix a double free bug in uc_close.
• 3 new bindings: Haskell, MSVC, VB6.
• Python:
  • Better support for Python3
  • Fix memory leaking that prevents UC instances from being GC.

• First public release.