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[[Category:Fuzzing]]

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Fuzzing is a procedure to test a program's ability to handle (or not handle) malformed inputs. If, for example, a program expects the user to provide an integer, and you provide 10 MB of raw binary data instead, what happens to the program?

Fuzzing is an excellent way to discover bugs and find ways of triggering exceptions or crashes.

Probably the most popular fuzzing tools is American Fuzzy Lop.