DOS MZ file format is a traditional format for executables in MS-DOS environment. Many modern formats (i.e. Windows PE) still maintain compatibility stub with this format.
As opposed to .com file format (which basically sports one 64K code segment of raw CPU instructions), DOS MZ .exe file format allowed more flexible memory management, loading of larger programs and added support for relocations.
This page hosts a formal specification of DOS MZ executable using Kaitai Struct. This specification can be automatically translated into a variety of programming languages to get a parsing library.
-- This is a generated file! Please edit source .ksy file and use kaitai-struct-compiler to rebuild
--
-- This file is compatible with Lua 5.3
local class = require("class")
require("kaitaistruct")
local utils = require("utils")
local str_decode = require("string_decode")
--
-- DOS MZ file format is a traditional format for executables in MS-DOS
-- environment. Many modern formats (i.e. Windows PE) still maintain
-- compatibility stub with this format.
--
-- As opposed to .com file format (which basically sports one 64K code
-- segment of raw CPU instructions), DOS MZ .exe file format allowed
-- more flexible memory management, loading of larger programs and
-- added support for relocations.
-- See also: Source (http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/exe/)
DosMz = class.class(KaitaiStruct)
function DosMz:_init(io, parent, root)
KaitaiStruct._init(self, io)
self._parent = parent
self._root = root or self
self:_read()
end
function DosMz:_read()
self.header = DosMz.ExeHeader(self._io, self, self._root)
self.body = self._io:read_bytes(self.header.len_body)
end
DosMz.property.relocations = {}
function DosMz.property.relocations:get()
if self._m_relocations ~= nil then
return self._m_relocations
end
if self.header.mz.ofs_relocations ~= 0 then
local _io = self.header._io
local _pos = _io:pos()
_io:seek(self.header.mz.ofs_relocations)
self._m_relocations = {}
for i = 0, self.header.mz.num_relocations - 1 do
self._m_relocations[i + 1] = DosMz.Relocation(_io, self, self._root)
end
_io:seek(_pos)
end
return self._m_relocations
end
DosMz.ExeHeader = class.class(KaitaiStruct)
function DosMz.ExeHeader:_init(io, parent, root)
KaitaiStruct._init(self, io)
self._parent = parent
self._root = root or self
self:_read()
end
function DosMz.ExeHeader:_read()
self.mz = DosMz.MzHeader(self._io, self, self._root)
self.rest_of_header = self._io:read_bytes((self.mz.len_header - 28))
end
DosMz.ExeHeader.property.len_body = {}
function DosMz.ExeHeader.property.len_body:get()
if self._m_len_body ~= nil then
return self._m_len_body
end
self._m_len_body = (utils.box_unwrap((self.mz.last_page_extra_bytes == 0) and utils.box_wrap((self.mz.num_pages * 512)) or ((((self.mz.num_pages - 1) * 512) + self.mz.last_page_extra_bytes))) - self.mz.len_header)
return self._m_len_body
end
DosMz.MzHeader = class.class(KaitaiStruct)
function DosMz.MzHeader:_init(io, parent, root)
KaitaiStruct._init(self, io)
self._parent = parent
self._root = root or self
self:_read()
end
function DosMz.MzHeader:_read()
self.magic = str_decode.decode(self._io:read_bytes(2), "ASCII")
if not( ((self.magic == "MZ") or (self.magic == "ZM")) ) then
error("ValidationNotAnyOfError")
end
self.last_page_extra_bytes = self._io:read_u2le()
self.num_pages = self._io:read_u2le()
self.num_relocations = self._io:read_u2le()
self.header_size = self._io:read_u2le()
self.min_allocation = self._io:read_u2le()
self.max_allocation = self._io:read_u2le()
self.initial_ss = self._io:read_u2le()
self.initial_sp = self._io:read_u2le()
self.checksum = self._io:read_u2le()
self.initial_ip = self._io:read_u2le()
self.initial_cs = self._io:read_u2le()
self.ofs_relocations = self._io:read_u2le()
self.overlay_id = self._io:read_u2le()
end
DosMz.MzHeader.property.len_header = {}
function DosMz.MzHeader.property.len_header:get()
if self._m_len_header ~= nil then
return self._m_len_header
end
self._m_len_header = (self.header_size * 16)
return self._m_len_header
end
DosMz.Relocation = class.class(KaitaiStruct)
function DosMz.Relocation:_init(io, parent, root)
KaitaiStruct._init(self, io)
self._parent = parent
self._root = root or self
self:_read()
end
function DosMz.Relocation:_read()
self.ofs = self._io:read_u2le()
self.seg = self._io:read_u2le()
end