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What is AFL?

American Fuzzy Lop (AFL) is a security-oriented fuzzer that employs genetic algorithms to efficiently discover new test cases that trigger unique code paths in the targeted program. It works by repeatedly executing the program with slightly modified inputs, monitoring code coverage, and prioritizing mutations that lead to new execution paths. This allows AFL to automatically explore a large portion of the program's state space and uncover hidden bugs, such as crashes or memory leaks.

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What other technologies are related to AFL?

AFL Competitor Technologies

Peach

Peach is a fuzzing framework, making it a direct competitor to AFL.

mentioned alongside AFL in 81% (227) of relevant job posts

Jazzer

Jazzer is a coverage-guided fuzzer for JVM, acting as a competitor to AFL, which primarily focuses on native code.

mentioned alongside AFL in 99% (136) of relevant job posts

Libfuzzer

Libfuzzer is a coverage-guided fuzzer developed as part of LLVM, directly competing with AFL.

mentioned alongside AFL in 56% (90) of relevant job posts

AFL Complementary Technologies

Radare2

Radare2 is a reverse engineering framework that can be used to analyze binaries and identify potential vulnerabilities, complementing AFL's fuzzing efforts by helping to understand crash analysis.

mentioned alongside AFL in 46% (184) of relevant job posts

IDA Pro

IDA Pro is a disassembler and debugger that can be used to analyze binaries and understand crashes found by AFL.

mentioned alongside AFL in 5% (269) of relevant job posts

Ghidra

Ghidra is a reverse engineering tool that helps in analyzing binaries and understanding vulnerabilities discovered by AFL.

mentioned alongside AFL in 4% (260) of relevant job posts