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20 results for “mutation-based fuzzing”

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cs.CRcs.CLRecentMay 4, 2026

FunFuzz: An LLM-Powered Evolutionary Fuzzing Framework

Mario Rodríguez Béjar, B. Romera-Paredes, Jose L. Hernández-Ramos

FunFuzz introduces a multi-island evolutionary fuzzing framework that uses LLMs to generate structured inputs, achieving superior compiler coverage and discovering more unique failures compared to exi…

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cs.CRcs.SERecentApr 5, 2026

Triggering and Detecting Exploitable Library Vulnerability from the Client by Directed Greybox Fuzzing

Yukai Zhao, Menghan Wu, Xing Hu, Shaohua Wang +2 more

The paper proposes LiveFuzz, a directed greybox fuzzing technique that detects the exploitability of third-party library vulnerabilities from client programs without requiring pre-existing proof-of-co…

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cs.CRRecentJun 1, 2026

PeAR: A Static Binary Rewriting Framework for Binary-Only Fuzzing

Alvin Charles, Adrian Herrera, Peter Oslington, Alwen Tiu

The paper introduces PeAR, a static binary rewriting framework that proves static binary instrumentation (SBI) is a practical and effective alternative to dynamic binary instrumentation (DBI) for high…

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cs.CRcs.PLRecentApr 20, 2026

SDLLMFuzz: Dynamic-static LLM-assisted greybox fuzzing for structured input programs

Yihao Zou, Tianming Zheng, Futai Zou, Yue Wu

SDLLMFuzz is a novel dynamic-static framework that combines LLM-based structure-aware input generation with semantic feedback from crash analysis to significantly improve vulnerability discovery in st…

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cs.SEcs.CRRecentMay 14, 2026

FuzzAgent: Multi-Agent System for Evolutionary Library Fuzzing

Yunlong Lyu, Peng Chen, Fengyi Wu, Junzhe Yu +2 more

FuzzAgent introduces a multi-agent, evolutionary system that significantly improves library fuzzing by iteratively refining the test suite based on runtime feedback, achieving superior coverage and bu…

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cs.CRcs.SERecentMay 11, 2026

Agentic Fuzzing: Opportunities and Challenges

Junyoung Park, Insu Yun

The paper proposes agentic fuzzing, a novel bug-finding approach where deep agents perform direct reasoning based on historical bugs to discover logic bugs in mature codebases.

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cs.ARcs.LGEmpiricalRecentJul 7, 2026

HiFuzz: Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning for Semantic-Aware and Adaptive CPU Fuzzing

Ya Wang, Hanwei Fan, Zhenguo Liu, Xiaofeng Zhou +3 more

This paper introduces HiFuzz, a hierarchical reinforcement learning framework for processor verification that replaces mutation with a structured generation process and integrates coverage reward mech…

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cs.SEcs.CRRecentMay 25, 2026

FuzzPilot: Plateau-Triggered Recipe Validation for Structured Text Fuzzing

Zhiyi Yao

FuzzPilot is a controller for AFL++ that validates candidate mutation recipes by running short micro-campaigns, demonstrating a mechanism to manage fuzzing plateaus, though initial results on a satura…

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cs.CRcs.SERecentMay 20, 2026

Quality-Assured Fuzz Harness Generation via the Four Principles Framework

Ze Sheng, Dmitrijs Trizna, Luigino Camastra, Zhicheng Chen +2 more

The paper introduces QuartetFuzz, an autonomous system that systematically ensures the correctness of fuzzing harnesses using a novel Four Principles framework, significantly improving vulnerability d…

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cs.CRcs.SERecentMay 16, 2026

Stop Starving or Stuffing Me: Boosting Firmware Fuzzing Efficiency with On-demand Input Delivery

Shandian Shen, Wei Zhou, Keming Zhao, Peng Liu +2 more

The paper introduces FIDO, a novel framework that significantly boosts firmware fuzzing efficiency by accurately managing the timing and quantity of input delivery based on the firmware's internal inp…

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cs.CRRecentMay 26, 2026

Batch Me If You Can: Coverage-guided RPKI Fuzzing at Scale

Haya Schulmann, Niklas Vogel

The paper introduces CAT, a novel coverage-guided fuzzing tool that overcomes the limitations of existing fuzzers for complex, multi-object cryptographic repositories like RPKI, leading to the discove…

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cs.CRcs.SEEmpiricalRecentJul 3, 2026

Execution Divergence Graphs:Effective Discovery of Control-Flows from Execution Traces as Fuzzing Feedback

Yu-De Lin, Nils Ole Tippenhauer

This paper proposes approaches for guiding a fuzzer using feedback derived from a control-flow-graph-like structure during the fuzzing of black-box devices and obfuscated compiled binaries.

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cs.CRcs.SERecentMay 20, 2026

FuzzingBrain V2: A Multi-Agent LLM System for Automated Vulnerability Discovery and Reproduction

Ze Sheng, Zhicheng Chen, Qingxiao Xu, Kewen Zhu +1 more

FuzzingBrain V2 is a multi-agent LLM system that significantly improves automated vulnerability discovery by ensuring all reported bugs are fuzzer-reproducible and handling complex cross-function depe…

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cs.SEEmpiricalRecentJul 21, 2026

LLM-Based Invariant Testing for Software Functional Bugs

Ruogu Yang, Yifeng He, Yundi Xu, Yuqing Wei +1 more

LISA is a novel LLM-based invariant testing framework for software functional bugs, achieving higher bug-detection rates and competitive code coverage than fuzzing and prior LLM-based test generation…

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cs.CRcs.PLRecentMay 12, 2026

OverrideFuzz: Semantic-Aware Grammar Fuzzing for Script-Runtime Vulnerabilities

Yiran Qiu

OverrideFuzz is a novel semantic-aware grammar fuzzer designed to test script-language runtimes by specifically modeling and exploiting complex behaviors like method overriding and dynamic rebinding,…

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cs.CRRecentMar 19, 2026

Weaver: Fuzzing JavaScript Engines at the JavaScript-WebAssembly Boundary

Lingming Zhang, Binbin Zhao, Puzhuo Liu, Qinge Xie +3 more

Weaver is a novel greybox fuzzing framework designed to uncover security vulnerabilities at the complex interaction boundary between JavaScript and WebAssembly, achieving superior code coverage and fi…

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cs.CRcs.NIcs.SERecentMay 6, 2026

AFL-ICP: Enhancing Industrial Control Protocol Reliability via Specification-Guided Fuzzing

Jiaying Meng, Xuewei Feng, Qi Li, Min Liu +1 more

AFL-ICP is a novel specification-driven fuzzing framework that significantly enhances the security testing of industrial control protocols by detecting subtle semantic and logic bugs missed by traditi…

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cs.CRRecentMar 26, 2026

Multi-target Coverage-based Greybox Fuzzing

Masami Ichikawa

The paper proposes MTCFuzz, a multi-target coverage-based greybox fuzzer, to deeply explore vulnerabilities in modern system architectures where an operating system and firmware cooperate.

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cs.CRRecentMay 5, 2026

The Infinite Mutation Engine? Measuring Polymorphism in LLM-Generated Offensive Code

Gabriel Hortea, Juan Tapiador

This paper quantifies the polymorphic capacity of a commercial LLM, demonstrating that it can cheaply generate large populations of structurally diverse, yet behaviorally equivalent, offensive code pa…

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