README.md
1# Fuzz testing in Chromium
2
3[go/chrome-fuzzing](https://goto.google.com/chrome-fuzzing)
4
5[Fuzzing] is a testing technique that feeds auto-generated inputs to a piece
6of target code in an attempt to crash the code. It's one of the most effective
7methods we have for finding security and stability issues (see
8[go/fuzzing-success](http://go/fuzzing-success)). You can learn more about the
9benefits of fuzzing at [go/why-fuzz](http://go/why-fuzz).
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11This documentation covers the in-process guided fuzzing approach employed by
12different fuzzing engines, such as [libFuzzer] or [AFL]. To learn more about
13out-of-process fuzzers, please refer to the [Blackbox fuzzing] page in the
14ClusterFuzz documentation.
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16[TOC]
17
18## Getting Started
19
20In Chromium, you can easily create and submit fuzz targets. The targets are
21automatically discovered by buildbots, built with different fuzzing engines,
22then uploaded to the distributed [ClusterFuzz] fuzzing system to run at scale.
23
24You should fuzz any code which absorbs inputs from untrusted sources, such
25as the web. If the code parses, decodes, or otherwise manipulates that input,
26it's an especially good idea to fuzz it.
27
28Create your first fuzz target and submit it by stepping through our [Getting
29Started Guide].
30
31## Advanced Topics
32
33* [Using libfuzzer instead of FuzzTest].
34* [Improving fuzz target efficiency].
35* [Creating a fuzz target that expects a protobuf] instead of a byte stream as
36 input.
37
38 *** note
39 **Note:** You can also fuzz code that needs multiple mutated
40 inputs, or to generate inputs defined by a grammar.
41 ***
42
43* [Reproducing bugs] found by libFuzzer/AFL and reported by ClusterFuzz.
44* [Fuzzing mojo interfaces] using automatically generated libprotobuf-mutator fuzzers.
45
46## Further Reading
47
48* [LibFuzzer integration] with Chromium and ClusterFuzz.
49* [Detailed references] for other integration parts.
50* Writing fuzzers for the [non-browser parts of Chrome OS].
51* [Fuzzing browsertests] if you need to fuzz multiple Chrome subsystems.
52
53## Trophies
54* [Issues automatically filed] by ClusterFuzz.
55* [Issues filed manually] after running fuzz targets.
56* [Bugs found in PDFium] by manual fuzzing.
57* [Bugs found in open-source projects] with libFuzzer.
58
59## Other Links
60* [Guided in-process fuzzing of Chrome components] blog post.
61* [ClusterFuzz Stats] for fuzz targets built with AddressSanitizer and
62 libFuzzer.
63
64[Blackbox fuzzing]: https://google.github.io/clusterfuzz/setting-up-fuzzing/blackbox-fuzzing/
65[Bugs found in open-source projects]: http://llvm.org/docs/LibFuzzer.html#trophies
66[Bugs found in PDFium]: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/pdfium/issues/list?can=1&q=libfuzzer&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary&cells=tiles
67[ClusterFuzz]: https://clusterfuzz.com/
68[ClusterFuzz Stats]: https://clusterfuzz.com/fuzzer-stats/by-fuzzer/fuzzer/libFuzzer/job/libfuzzer_chrome_asan
69[Creating a fuzz target that expects a protobuf]: libprotobuf-mutator.md
70[Detailed references]: reference.md
71[Fuzzing]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzzing
72[Fuzzing browsertests]: fuzzing_browsertests.md
73[Fuzzing mojo interfaces]: ../../mojo/docs/mojolpm.md
74[Getting Started Guide]: getting_started.md
75[Guided in-process fuzzing of Chrome components]: https://security.googleblog.com/2016/08/guided-in-process-fuzzing-of-chrome.html
76[Improving fuzz target efficiency]: efficient_fuzzing.md
77[Issues automatically filed]: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/list?sort=-modified&colspec=ID%20Pri%20M%20Stars%20ReleaseBlock%20Component%20Status%20Owner%20Summary%20OS%20Modified&q=label%3AStability-LibFuzzer%2CStability-AFL%20label%3AClusterFuzz%20-status%3AWontFix%2CDuplicate&can=1
78[Issues filed manually]: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/list?can=1&q=label%3AStability-LibFuzzer+-label%3AClusterFuzz&sort=-modified&colspec=ID+Pri+M+Stars+ReleaseBlock+Component+Status+Owner+Summary+OS+Modified&x=m&y=releaseblock&cells=ids
79[non-browser parts of Chrome OS]: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/docs/+/main/testing/fuzzing.md
80[Reproducing bugs]: reproducing.md
81[crbug.com/539572]: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=539572
82[go/fuzzing-success]: https://goto.google.com/fuzzing-success
83[libFuzzer]: http://llvm.org/docs/LibFuzzer.html
84[libFuzzer integration]: libFuzzer_integration.md
85[Using libfuzzer instead of FuzzTest]: getting_started_with_libfuzzer.md
86