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Python PE parsing module

Last release 2 years ago
no release in 18 months
Release timing varies
gaps range from 1 weeks to 2.1 years
Nearly every release is documented
notes for 14 of 14 stable releases
1 version withdrawn
withdrawn after publishing
11 years old
15 releases · first in 2016

Release timeline

15 releases since 2016

2016201820202022

Releases

2024.8.2626 Aug 2024
Close the __data__ attribute before reassigning it by @adang1345 in https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/pull/367
What's Changed

Close the data attribute before reassigning it by @adang1345 in https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/pull/367

Floor division (//) does mathematical division with the floor functio… by @j-t-1 in https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/pull/373

Update new dvrt type and Load Config filed adapt to Windows11 by @zjgcjy in https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/pull/374

fix PE.get_data by @mak in https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/pull/379

Fix ambiguous string syntax for PEid parsing regexp by @hillu in https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/pull/388

fixed a memory leak that caused the pe file to be access locked. by @daniel-mekuria in https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/pull/386

Exphash from sha256 to md5 to match imphash by @N0fix in https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/pull/377

More readable calls to superclass by @j-t-1 in https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/pull/393

Fix cache_adjust_FileAlignment to work with files not aligned to 0x200 by @asivery in https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/pull/397

[StepSecurity] Apply security best practices by @step-security-bot in https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/pull/399

Create sets using curly brackets by @j-t-1 in https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/pull/400

Change IOError to OSError by @j-t-1 in https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/pull/401

Apply isort to sort all imports by @j-t-1 in https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/pull/403

Remove "OC Patch" comments by @j-t-1 in https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/pull/408

Update tox.ini Python versions by @j-t-1 in https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/pull/409

Use with statement to write to file by @j-t-1 in https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/pull/418

Remove distutils use by @j-t-1 in https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/pull/417

Use chaining comparison operators by @j-t-1 in https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/pull/416

Replace list comprehension with set comprehension by @j-t-1 in https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/pull/415

Use not in operator by @j-t-1 in https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/pull/414

Replace base class name with super() by @j-t-1 in https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/pull/413

Increase readability and consistency by @j-t-1 in https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/pull/412

Tiny comment improvements by @j-t-1 in https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/pull/410

Update oleaut32.py from oleaut32.dll by @j-t-1 in https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/pull/406

Improve parse_rich_header by @j-t-1 in https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/pull/402

Include ordinals for wsock32.dll by @j-t-1 in https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/pull/405

Update ws2_32.py from ws2_32.dll by @j-t-1 in https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/pull/404

Update pefile.py for typo by @Derekt2 in https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/pull/398

Add parsing for IMAGE_DEBUG_TYPE_EX_DLLCHARACTERISTICS by @aursulis in https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/pull/365

New Contributors

@adang1345 made their first contribution in https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/pull/367

@zjgcjy made their first contribution in https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/pull/374

@mak made their first contribution in https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/pull/379

@daniel-mekuria made their first contribution in https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/pull/386

@N0fix made their first contribution in https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/pull/377

@asivery made their first contribution in https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/pull/397

@step-security-bot made their first contribution in https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/pull/399

@Derekt2 made their first contribution in https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/pull/398

@aursulis made their first contribution in https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/pull/365

Full Changelog: https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/compare/v2023.2.7...v2024.8.26

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Additional notes

What's Changed

Close the data attribute before reassigning it by @adang1345 in #367
Floor division (//) does mathematical division with the floor functio… by @j-t-1 in #373
Update new dvrt type and Load Config filed adapt to Windows11 by @zjgcjy in #374
fix PE.get_data by @mak in #379
Fix ambiguous string syntax for PEid parsing regexp by @hillu in #388
fixed a memory leak that caused the pe file to be access locked. by @daniel-mekuria in #386
Exphash from sha256 to md5 to match imphash by @N0fix in #377
More readable calls to superclass by @j-t-1 in #393
Fix cache_adjust_FileAlignment to work with files not aligned to 0x200 by @asivery in #397
[StepSecurity] Apply security best practices by @step-security-bot in #399
Create sets using curly brackets by @j-t-1 in #400
Change IOError to OSError by @j-t-1 in #401
Apply isort to sort all imports by @j-t-1 in #403
Remove "OC Patch" comments by @j-t-1 in #408
Update tox.ini Python versions by @j-t-1 in #409
Use with statement to write to file by @j-t-1 in #418
Remove distutils use by @j-t-1 in #417
Use chaining comparison operators by @j-t-1 in #416
Replace list comprehension with set comprehension by @j-t-1 in #415
Use not in operator by @j-t-1 in #414
Replace base class name with super() by @j-t-1 in #413
Increase readability and consistency by @j-t-1 in #412
Tiny comment improvements by @j-t-1 in #410
Update oleaut32.py from oleaut32.dll by @j-t-1 in #406
Improve parse_rich_header by @j-t-1 in #402
Include ordinals for wsock32.dll by @j-t-1 in #405
Update ws2_32.py from ws2_32.dll by @j-t-1 in #404
Update pefile.py for typo by @Derekt2 in #398
Add parsing for IMAGE_DEBUG_TYPE_EX_DLLCHARACTERISTICS by @aursulis in #365

New Contributors

@adang1345 made their first contribution in #367
@zjgcjy made their first contribution in #374
@mak made their first contribution in #379
@daniel-mekuria made their first contribution in #386
@N0fix made their first contribution in #377
@asivery made their first contribution in #397
@step-security-bot made their first contribution in #399
@Derekt2 made their first contribution in #398
@aursulis made their first contribution in #365

Full Changelog: v2023.2.7...v2024.8.26

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2023.2.77 Feb 2023

This release includes Python Wheels

What's Changed

This release includes Python Wheels (#341)
accept dot in valid charset for name by @nbourdau in #346
Remove future from dependencies by @FantasqueX in #349
Add machine types by @j-t-1 in #361
Incorporate PEP 238 and PEP 3120 by @j-t-1 in #362
Generate GUID fields of CV_INFO_PDB70 readable by Python by @UserUnknownFactor in #363
Dynamic relocations support by @pspcreateprocess in #353
Add Export Hash Method by @LloydLabs in #354
Loosen export symbol validation: by @learn-more in #360

Finally @pombredanne's great suite of tests (forked from https://github.com/pombredanne/pefile-tests) now runs for regression tests and coverage as a GitHub Action. "Making a coverage badge" was helpful in setting up tests and coverage reporting.

New Contributors

@nbourdau made their first contribution in #346
@FantasqueX made their first contribution in #349
@j-t-1 made their first contribution in #361
@UserUnknownFactor made their first contribution in #363
@pspcreateprocess made their first contribution in #353
@LloydLabs made their first contribution in #354

Full Changelog: v2022.5.30...v2023.2.7

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2022.5.3030 May 2022

Merged pull request #344 from elicn/faster-reloc: Speed up relocation process

Merged pull request #344 from elicn/faster-reloc: Speed up relocation process
Merged pull request #175 from tdube/patch-1: Fix catch-all exception clause in parse_resources_directory
Turn data into a bytearray to avoid copying data around (from elicn)
Merged pull request #343 from mat-gas/master: various performances improvements (30-50% in certain workflows, 15-25% in average)
Merged pull request #340 from dinateper/feature/PEfile_context_manager: Update PE to allow with statements
Removed legacy Python 2 code
Miscellaneous other fixes.

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2021.9.33 Sept 2021

Fixed issue #334 coming from the new functionality in #327 and also merged PR #333 adding the method get_rich_header_hash

Fixed issue #334 coming from the new functionality in #327 and also merged PR #333 adding the method get_rich_header_hash

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2021.9.22 Sept 2021

Merged the great PR #327 and #292

Merged the great PR #327 and #292
Fixed #332 #291
Run black to format the code and addressed a handful of the many issues flagged by pylint
Dropped old Python 2 code and compatibility tweaks.

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2021.5.2424 May 2021

This release incorporates the issues fixed since the last release.

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2021.5.1313 May 2021withdrawn: Python 2 support dropped but Python 3.6 not made a requirment

This release incorporates the merged PRs and issues fixed since the last release. I am also stopping to support Python 2.7.

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2019.4.1818 Apr 2019

This release incorporates the merged PRs and issues fixed since the last release. These should speed up parsing of files with many ordinals or exports

This release incorporates the merged PRs and issues fixed since the last release. These should speed up parsing of files with many ordinals or exports.

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2019.4.1414 Apr 2019

This release incorporates the merged PRs and issues fixed since the last release.

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2018.8.88 Aug 2018

This release incorporates the merged PRs and issues fixed since the last release.

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2017.11.55 Nov 2017

Merged PR #212 and fixed a few miscellaneous crashed parsing malformed files.

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2017.9.33 Sept 2017

Merged PRs: #188, #169, #166, #165, #154, #174, and #210. I've also improved handling of some corner cases of files with invalid exports and improved

Merged PRs: #188, #169, #166, #165, #154, #174, and #210. I've also improved handling of some corner cases of files with invalid exports and improved the is_driver check.

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2017.8.11 Aug 2017

Merged PRs: #180, #183, #190, #200, #202 and fixed a bug handling bytearrays under certain conditions.

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2016.3.2828 Mar 2016

Minor fixes, merged some pending pull requests. pefile-2016.3.28.tar.gz pefile-2016.3.28.zip

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2016.3.4

Version 2016.3.4 of pefile now runs under Python 2.7 and Python 3 in addition to addressing a few of the long standing issues.

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