Core Analyzer

Generally speaking, if you want to determine potential issues with the memory dumps on complex applications you are working on, then you would normally turn to a debugger. These tools enable you to go through many contents and data objects to identify erroneous variables and objects.

Core Analyzer was specially designed to be a powerful instrument that allows you to examine core dumps. The utility can come in handy for developers who are trying to figure out what may lay behind various bugs during the debugging phase. Unlike a debugger which may be tedious and time-consuming to use, the tool permits you to learn immediately whether you are looking at a memory bug.

The modus operandi of the program entails parsing a core dump file on the memory of a live process and then scan the target's heap data for corruption. According to the developer, the utility can search the entire address space for the references, global variables or analyze a particular memory pattern very thoroughly.

In addition to heap memory and object references, the tool can also be used in other contexts, such as finding the object instance of a C++ class, detailing the process map of all segments and corresponding attributes and displaying the objects shared by all threads, for instance.