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Fuzzinator: Random Testing Framework

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Fuzzinator is a fuzzing framework that helps you to automate tasks usually needed during a fuzz session:

• run your favorite test generator_ and feed the test cases to the software-under-test,
• catch and save the unique issues,
• reduce_ the failing test cases,
• ease the reporting of issues in bug trackers (e.g., Bugzilla or GitHub),
• regularly update SUTs if needed, and
• schedule multiple SUTs and generators without overloading your workstation.

All the above features are fully customizable either by writing a simple config file or by implementing Python snippets to cover special needs. Check out some slides_ about Fuzzinator for a general overview, or see the Tutorial_ for a detailed walk-through. There is also a repository collecting configurations_ for various real-life SUTs and fuzzers.

To help tracking the progress of the fuzzing, Fuzzinator provides three interfaces:

• an interactive Web UI (WUI) (supported on all platforms) that gives a continuously updated overview about the currently running tasks, statistics about the efficacy of the test generators, and the found issues (and also supports reporting them);
• an interactive Text UI (TUI) (supported on Linux and Mac OS X only) that supports the same functionality as the WUI, but as a retro-style console interface; and
• a dump-mode (supported on every platform) that displays the news on line-based consoles.

.. _test generator: https://github.com/renatahodovan/fuzzinator/wiki#list-of-fuzzers-test-generators .. _reduce: https://github.com/renatahodovan/fuzzinator/wiki#list-of-test-case-reducers .. _slides: http://www.slideshare.net/hodovanrenata/fuzzinator-in-bug-we-trust .. _Tutorial: docs/tutorial.rst .. _configurations: https://github.com/renatahodovan/fuzzinator-configs

Requirements

• Python_ >= 3.5
• MongoDB_ >= 3.6 (either local installation or access to remote database)
• Java_ SE >= 7 JRE or JDK (optional, required if the Picireny test case reducer is used)

.. _Python: https://www.python.org .. _MongoDB: https://www.mongodb.com .. _Java: https://www.oracle.com/java/

Install

To install the latest release of Fuzzinator from PyPI_, use pip_::

pip install fuzzinator

Alternatively, for the development version, clone the project and perform a local install::

pip install .

.. _PyPI: https://pypi.org/ .. _pip: https://pip.pypa.io

Usage

A common form of Fuzzinator's usage::

fuzzinator --wui <path/to/the/config.ini>

Compatibility

Fuzzinator was tested on:

• Linux (Ubuntu 14.04 / 16.04 / 18.04 / 20.04)
• OS X / macOS (10.11 / 10.12 / 10.13 / 10.14 / 10.15 / 11)
• Windows (Server 2012 R2 / Server version 1809 / Windows 10)

Acknowledgement and Citations

The authors are immensely grateful to Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz for the continuous inspiration.

Background on Fuzzinator is published in:

• Renata Hodovan and Akos Kiss. Fuzzinator: An Open-Source Modular Random Testing Framework. In Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation (ICST 2018), pages 416-421, Vasteras, Sweden, April 2018. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICST.2018.00050

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Copyright and Licensing

Licensed under the BSD 3-Clause License_.

.. _License: LICENSE.rst