Protocol Buffers
ProtoFuzz
Grammar-aware fuzzer for Protocol Buffers that derives inputs from format definitions rather than hand-written generators.
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trailofbits/protofuzz
Best for
Message-based systems where structure matters more than raw byte mutation.
Surface
Protocol Buffers
Catalog group
Fuzz programs and break assumptions
Repository
trailofbits/protofuzz
From the README
ProtoFuzz is a generic fuzzer for Google’s Protocol Buffers format. Instead of defining a new fuzzer generator for custom binary formats, protofuzz automatically creates a fuzzer based on the same format definition that programs use. ProtoFuzz is implemented as a stand-alone Python3 program.Read the full README on GitHub ↗
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