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diff --git a/docs/glossary.md b/docs/glossary.md index d8970e9f..c13155c1 100644 --- a/docs/glossary.md +++ b/docs/glossary.md @@ -30,13 +30,20 @@ This is what we call **Library Configuration**. ## Fuzzing Engine -A program that tries to find interesting inputs for a Fuzz Target by executing it. +A tool that tries to find interesting inputs for a Fuzz Target by executing it. Examples: [libFuzzer](http://lbfuzzer.info), [AFL](lcamtuf.coredump.cx/afl/), [honggfuzz](https://github.com/google/honggfuzz), etc See also [Mutation Engine](#mutation-engine) and [Test Generator](#test-generator). +## Fuzzer build + +A binary built for a [fuzz target](#fuzz-target) for a specific [fuzzing engine](#fuzzing-engine), +in a specific build mode (e.g. with enabled or disabled assertions), +optionally combined with a [sanitizer](#sanitizer). + + ## Test Input A sequence of bytes that is used as the input to a Fuzz Target. Typicaly, a test input is stored in a separate file. @@ -58,6 +65,15 @@ Example: [Radamsa](https://github.com/aoh/radamsa), A tool that generates testcases according to some rules or grammar. Example: [csmith](https://embed.cs.utah.edu/csmith/) (a test generator for the C language). +## Sanitizer +A dynamic testing tool that can detect bugs during program execution. +An incomplete list: +[ASan](http://clang.llvm.org/docs/AddressSanitizer.html), +[MSan](http://clang.llvm.org/docs/MemorySanitizer.html), +[TSan](http://clang.llvm.org/docs/ThreadSanitizer.html), +[LSan](http://clang.llvm.org/docs/LeakSanitizer.html), +[UBSan](http://clang.llvm.org/docs/UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer.html). + ## Fuzzer The most overloaded term, which makes it bad (maybe, we should try avoiding it?). |