Improving the state of go-fuzz

Published

2022-04-26 11:00

Collected

2026-07-03 04:07

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id: 1773
title: "Improving the state of go-fuzz"
source_domain: blog.trailofbits.com
source_url: "https://blog.trailofbits.com/2022/04/26/improving-the-state-of-go-fuzz/"
published_at: "2022-04-26T11:00:18Z"
tags: ["open-source", "fuzzing", "tooling", "golang", "internship", "go-fuzz"]
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# Improving the state of go-fuzz

## Summary

A Trail of Bits intern improved the go-fuzz coverage-guided fuzzer for Go, fixing type alias instrumentation issues and adding dictionary support and new mutation strategies.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** blog.trailofbits.com
- **Published:** 2022-04-26T11:00:18Z
- **Original:** https://blog.trailofbits.com/2022/04/26/improving-the-state-of-go-fuzz/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/1773