Investigating C++ Core Dumps in Depth

This time we are having a shared event in cooperation with the [C++ User Group Köln](https://www.meetup.com/c-user-group-koln/events/310191999/): [Core Explorer](https://github.com/core-explorer/core-explorer) is a new tool for analysing core dumps. Debugging with core dumps comes with several challenges when compared to debugging a live process. Core Explorer offers new methods to find C++ objects in program memory and to reconstruct heap allocations. This can be used to investigate memory corruption and memory leaks in C++ applications, particularly when combined with time-travel debugging. **Outline:** 1. Generically traverse any container using debug information and decompilation 2. Reverse engineer heap allocations from memory contents and libc debug information 3. Run a conservative garbage collector in leak detection mode 4. Find the exact instruction causing a memory leak with time travel debugging (WIP) **Our Speaker**: **Henning Meyer** has fifteen years of professional experience in C++ across several companies, including hardware-accelerated high performance computing, high frequency trading, embedded real-time signal analysis and legacy enterprise applications. He holds a PhD in Algebraic Geometry.