Introduction to Fuzzing

Fuzzing is a powerful software testing technique. It involves feeding a program with large amounts of semi-random, malformed, or unexpected data. The goal is to make the program crash or behave unexpectedly.

Think of it as throwing everything but the kitchen sink at a program to see what breaks!

Fuzzing is excellent for finding security vulnerabilities and bugs that might be missed by traditional testing methods. It often uncovers:

• Crashes: Program terminates unexpectedly.
• Memory Leaks: Program uses too much memory.
• Logic Errors: Incorrect behavior.
• Security Flaws: Like buffer overflows.