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README.md

libprotobuf-mutator

Overview

libprotobuf-mutator is a library to randomly mutate protobuffers.
It could be used together with guided fuzzing engines, such as libFuzzer.

Quick start on Debian/Ubuntu

Install prerequisites:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install binutils cmake ninja-build

Compile and test everything:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ../cmake/ -GNinja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
ninja check

Usage

To use libprotobuf-mutator simply include protobuf_mutator.h and protobuf_mutator.cc into your build files.

The ProtobufMutator class implements mutations of the protobuf tree structure and mutations of individual fields. The field mutation logic is very basic -- for better results you should override the ProtobufMutator::Mutate* methods with more sophisticated logic, e.g. using libFuzzer's mutators.

To apply one mutation to a protobuf object do the following:

class MyProtobufMutator : public ProtobufMutator {
 public:
  MyProtobufMutator(uint32_t seed) : ProtobufMutator(seed) {}
  // Optionally redefine the Mutate* methods to perform more sophisticated mutations.
}
void Mutate(MyMessage* message) {
  MyProtobufMutator mutator(my_random_seed);
  mutator.Mutate(message, 100, 200);
}

See also the ProtobufMutatorMessagesTest.UsageExample test from protobuf_mutator_test.cc.

Integarting with libFuzzer

TODO