Zheng-Zi Xu

Most-cited papers

Jailbreaking ChatGPT via Prompt Engineering: An Empirical Study
Yi Liu, Ge-Lei Deng, Zheng-Zi Xu, Yuekang Li +6 more
2023arXiv.org740 citations Open access
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GPTScan: Detecting Logic Vulnerabilities in Smart Contracts by Combining GPT with Program Analysis
Yu-Qiang Sun, Dao-Yuan Wu, Yue Xue, Hang-Bo Liu +4 more
2023International Conference on Software Engineering358 citations Open access
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BinGo: cross-architecture cross-OS binary search
Mahinthan Chandramohan, Yinxing Xue, Zheng-Zi Xu, Yang Liu +2 more
2016SIGSOFT FSE250 citations
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SPAIN: Security Patch Analysis for Binaries towards Understanding the Pain and Pills
Zheng-Zi Xu, Bi-Huan Chen, Mahinthan Chandramohan, Yang Liu +1 more
2017International Conference on Software Engineering182 citations
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MVP: Detecting Vulnerabilities using Patch-Enhanced Vulnerability Signatures
Yang Xiao, Bi-Huan Chen, Chendong Yu, Zheng-Zi Xu +7 more
2020USENIX Security Symposium147 citations
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An Empirical Study of Malicious Code In PyPI Ecosystem
Wenbo Guo, Zheng-Zi Xu, Cheng-Wei Liu, Cheng Huang +2 more
2023International Conference on Automated Software Engineering108 citations Open access
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A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Jailbreaking ChatGPT via Prompt Engineering
Yi Liu, Ge-Lei Deng, Zheng-Zi Xu, Yuekang Li +5 more
2024SEA4DQ@SIGSOFT FSE105 citations
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Patch based vulnerability matching for binary programs
Yifei Xu, Zheng-Zi Xu, Bi-Huan Chen, Fu Song +2 more
2020International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis97 citations
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Semantic modelling of Android malware for effective malware comprehension, detection, and classification
Guozhu Meng, Yinxing Xue, Zheng-Zi Xu, Yang Liu +2 more
2016International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis79 citations
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A Survey on Automated Program Repair Techniques
Kai Huang, Zheng-Zi Xu, Su Yang, Hongyu Sun +3 more
2023arXiv.org63 citations Open access
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Software Composition Analysis for Vulnerability Detection: An Empirical Study on Java Projects
Li-Da Zhao, Sen Chen, Zheng-Zi Xu, Cheng-Wei Liu +4 more
2023ESEC/SIGSOFT FSE63 citations Open access
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Accurate and Scalable Cross-Architecture Cross-OS Binary Code Search with Emulation
Yinxing Xue, Zheng-Zi Xu, Mahinthan Chandramohan, Yang Liu
2019IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering62 citations
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Towards Understanding Third-party Library Dependency in C/C++ Ecosystem
Wei Tang, Zheng-Zi Xu, Cheng-Wei Liu, Jia-Hui Wu +4 more
2022International Conference on Automated Software Engineering58 citations Open access
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ModX: Binary Level Partially Imported Third-Party Library Detection via Program Modularization and Semantic Matching
Can Yang, Zheng-Zi Xu, Hongxu Chen, Yang Liu +2 more
2022International Conference on Software Engineering55 citations
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Has My Release Disobeyed Semantic Versioning? Static Detection Based on Semantic Differencing
Lyuye Zhang, Cheng-Wei Liu, Zheng-Zi Xu, Sen Chen +3 more
2022International Conference on Automated Software Engineering49 citations Open access
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OSSFP: Precise and Scalable C/C++ Third-Party Library Detection using Fingerprinting Functions
Jia-Hui Wu, Zheng-Zi Xu, Wei Tang, Lyuye Zhang +5 more
2023International Conference on Software Engineering48 citations
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Automatic Hot Patch Generation for Android Kernels
Zheng-Zi Xu, Yulong Zhang, L.-Z. Zheng, Liang-Zhao Xia +3 more
2020USENIX Security Symposium45 citations
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Mitigating Persistence of Open-Source Vulnerabilities in Maven Ecosystem
Lyuye Zhang, Cheng-Wei Liu, Sen Chen, Zheng-Zi Xu +4 more
2023International Conference on Automated Software Engineering44 citations Open access
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Towards Practical Binary Code Similarity Detection: Vulnerability Verification via Patch Semantic Analysis
Shou-Guo Yang, Zheng-Zi Xu, Yang Xiao, Zhe Lang +5 more
2023ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology40 citations Open access
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Software Architecture Recovery with Information Fusion
Yi-Ran Zhang, Zheng-Zi Xu, Cheng-Wei Liu, Hongxu Chen +3 more
2023ESEC/SIGSOFT FSE40 citations Open access
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Compatible Remediation on Vulnerabilities from Third-Party Libraries for Java Projects
Lyuye Zhang, Cheng-Wei Liu, Zheng-Zi Xu, Sen Chen +4 more
2023International Conference on Software Engineering35 citations Open access
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Enhancing OSS Patch Backporting with Semantics
Su Yang, Yang Xiao, Zheng-Zi Xu, Chengyi Sun +2 more
2023Conference on Computer and Communications Security33 citations Open access
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Demystifying the Composition and Code Reuse in Solidity Smart Contracts
Kairan Sun, Zheng-Zi Xu, Cheng-Wei Liu, Kai-Xuan Li +1 more
2023ESEC/SIGSOFT FSE30 citations Open access
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When GPT Meets Program Analysis: Towards Intelligent Detection of Smart Contract Logic Vulnerabilities in GPTScan
Yu-Qiang Sun, Dao-Yuan Wu, Yue Xue, Han Liu +4 more
2023arXiv.org29 citations Open access
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Evolving Paradigms in Automated Program Repair: Taxonomy, Challenges, and Opportunities
Kai Huang, Zheng-Zi Xu, Su Yang, Hongyu Sun +3 more
2024ACM Computing Surveys25 citations
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Slot: Provenance-Driven APT Detection through Graph Reinforcement Learning
Wei Qiao, Ye-Bo Feng, Teng Li, Zi-Jian Zhang +5 more
2024Conference on Computer and Communications Security25 citations Open access
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A Vision for Auto Research with LLM Agents
Cheng-Wei Liu, Chong Wang, Jia-Yue Cao, Jing-Quan Ge +15 more
2025arXiv.org22 citations
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A Comprehensive Study on Quality Assurance Tools for Java
Hang-Bo Liu, Sen Chen, Rui-Tao Feng, Cheng-Wei Liu +5 more
2023International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis20 citations Open access
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VIVA: Binary Level Vulnerability Identification via Partial Signature
Yang Xiao, Zheng-Zi Xu, Weiwei Zhang, Chendong Yu +6 more
2021IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution, and Reengineering20 citations
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Unleashing the power of pseudo-code for binary code similarity analysis
Weiwei Zhang, Zheng-Zi Xu, Yang Xiao, Yinxing Xue
2022Cybersecurity12 citations Open access
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Enhancing Function Name Prediction using Votes-Based Name Tokenization and Multi-task Learning
Xiaoling Zhang, Zheng-Zi Xu, Shou-Guo Yang, Zhi Li +2 more
2024Proc. ACM Softw. Eng.8 citations Open access
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Bridging Expert Reasoning and LLM Detection: A Knowledge-Driven Framework for Malicious Packages
Wen-Bo Guo, Shi-Wen Song, Jiaxun Guo, Zheng-Zi Xu +4 more
2026The Web Conference6 citations Open access
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ModuleGuard: Understanding and Detecting Module Conflicts in Python Ecosystem
Ruofan Zhu, Xingyu Wang, Cheng-Wei Liu, Zheng-Zi Xu +3 more
2024International Conference on Software Engineering6 citations Open access
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Who is the Real Hero? Measuring Developer Contribution via Multi-Dimensional Data Integration
Yu-Qiang Sun, Zheng-Zi Xu, Cheng-Wei Liu, Yi-Ran Zhang +1 more
2023International Conference on Automated Software Engineering6 citations Open access
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Source Code and Binary Level Vulnerability Detection and Hot Patching
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2020International Conference on Automated Software Engineering6 citations
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Learning from the Past: Real-World Exploit Migration for Smart Contract PoC Generation
Kairan Sun, Zheng-Zi Xu, Kai-Xuan Li, Lyuye Zhang +3 more
2025International Conference on Automated Software Engineering5 citations
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Drop the Golden Apples: Identifying Third-Party Reuse by DB-Less Software Composition Analysis
Lyuye Zhang, Cheng-Wei Liu, Jia-Hui Wu, Shiyang Zhang +4 more
2025SIGSOFT FSE Companion5 citations
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An empirical study of attack-related events in DeFi projects development
Dongming Xiang, Yuanchang Lin, Li-Ming Nie, Yaowen Zheng +3 more
2024Empirical Software Engineering5 citations
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Cutting the Gordian Knot: Detecting Malicious PyPI Packages via a Knowledge-Mining Framework
Wen-Bo Guo, Cheng-Wei Liu, Ming Kang, Yi-Ran Zhang +4 more
2026arXiv.org4 citations
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Doctor: Optimizing Container Rebuild Efficiency by Instruction Re-orchestration
Zhi-Ling Zhu, Tie-Ming Chen, Cheng-Wei Liu, Han Liu +3 more
2025Proc. ACM Softw. Eng.4 citations Open access
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A Large Scale Study of AI-based Binary Function Similarity Detection Techniques for Security Researchers and Practitioners
Jing-Yi Shi, Yufeng Chen, Yang Xiao, Yue-Kang Li +9 more
2025International Conference on Automated Software Engineering4 citations Open access
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Modx: Binary Level Partial Imported Third-Party Library Detection through Program Modularization and Semantic Matching
Can Yang, Zheng-Zi Xu, Hongxu Chen, Yang Liu +2 more
2022arXiv.org4 citations Open access
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Faultseeker: LLM-Empowered Framework for Blockchain Transaction Fault Localization
Kairan Sun, Zheng-Zi Xu, Kai-Xuan Li, Lyuye Zhang +3 more
2025International Conference on Automated Software Engineering3 citations
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The Software Genome Project: Unraveling Software Through Genetic Principles
Yue-Ming Wu, Cheng-Wei Liu, Zheng-Zi Xu, Lyuye Zhang +3 more
2024International Conference on Automated Software Engineering3 citations
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IntelliRadar: A Comprehensive Platform to Pinpoint Malicious Package Information from Cyber Intelligence
Wenbo Guo, Cheng-Wei Liu, Li-Min Wang, Yi-Ran Zhang +3 more
20243 citations
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Service Pattern Optimization: Focusing on Collaboration in Service Ecosystems
Meng Xi, Jianwei Yin, Zheng-Zi Xu, Ying Li +2 more
2023IEEE Transactions on Services Computing3 citations
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Retracted on March 14, 2023: Cross-lingual transfer learning for statistical type inference
Zhiming Li, Xiao-Fei Xie, Hao Li, Zheng-Zi Xu +2 more
2021International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis3 citations
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How Effective Are NPM Malicious Package Detectors? A Large-Scale Empirical Study
Wen-Bo Guo, Zhong-Wen Chen, Zheng-Zi Xu, Cheng-Wei Liu +6 more
2026Proceedings of the 41st IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering2 citations Open access
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Semantic-Enhanced Automatic Refinement of Architecture Recovery Results Using LLMs
Yi-Ran Zhang, Cheng-Wei Liu, Yu-Qiang Sun, Zheng-Zi Xu +4 more
2026Proceedings of the 2026 IEEE/ACM 48th International Conference on Software Engineering2 citations Open access
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BinStruct: Binary Structure Recovery Combining Static Analysis and Semantics
Yi-Ran Zhang, Zheng-Zi Xu, Zhe Lang, Cheng-Yue Liu +5 more
2025International Conference on Automated Software Engineering2 citations
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