cbmc ☆

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Description:
C Bounded Model Checker

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 6.8.0@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: verification static-analysis model-checking security testing

Install: brew install cbmc

About:
CBMC (C Bounded Model Checker) is a verification tool that analyzes C programs to detect runtime errors and security vulnerabilities. It performs symbolic execution by exploring all possible states up to a specified bound, proving properties or finding counterexamples. This makes it invaluable for validating critical software components where correctness is paramount.

Key Features:

Automated verification of C/C++ programs
Detects array bounds violations, null pointer dereferences, and overflow errors
Supports SMT solvers for enhanced performance and scalability
Generates test cases and counterexamples for failed assertions

Use Cases:

Verifying safety-critical embedded software
CI/CD integration for automated code analysis
Security auditing of low-level system code
Validating complex algorithms before deployment

Alternatives:

Frama-C – More focused on deductive verification with ACSL annotations
Clang Static Analyzer – Faster but less exhaustive, focused on common bugs
Infer – Facebook's tool, better for Java/Objective-C, less thorough for C

License: BSD-4-Clause

Bottles available for: arm64_tahoe, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, sonoma, arm64_linux, x86_64_linux

Version History

Detected	Change	Commit
Sep 20, 2024 4:30pm	VERSION_BUMP	ba85adc6
Sep 20, 2024 9:52am	VERSION_BUMP	f7f80276
Jun 21, 2024 8:28am	VERSION_BUMP	65a67317
Aug 31, 2023 12:49pm	VERSION_BUMP	71a6db55
Aug 18, 2023 8:53pm	VERSION_BUMP	250baaab
Aug 3, 2023 11:10am	VERSION_BUMP	d8732f51
Jun 22, 2023 1:41pm	VERSION_BUMP	baa412d1
Apr 13, 2023 5:05pm	VERSION_BUMP	e1b74d31
Apr 13, 2023 3:04pm	VERSION_BUMP	66f22395
Mar 16, 2023 6:07pm	VERSION_BUMP	c63052cb
Mar 16, 2023 6:07pm	VERSION_BUMP	a94782a3