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Mutation-Analysis-Guided Fuzzing

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First seen 7/20/2026

Last seen 7/20/2026

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Guiding Greybox Fuzzing with Mutation Testing ← introduces 100% 2e evidence

The paper proposes and develops mutation-analysis-guided fuzzing as a new technique.

Mu2 ← implements 100% 2e evidence

Mu2 implements mutation-analysis-guided fuzzing by incorporating mutation analysis into the greybox fuzzing loop.

Mutation Score uses → 100% 2e evidence

Mutation-analysis-guided fuzzing uses mutation score to guide the fuzzing loop, saving inputs that increase mutation score.

Program Mutant uses → 100% 2e evidence

Mutation-analysis-guided fuzzing runs inputs through program mutants to compute a mutation score and guide corpus selection.

Mutant Pruning uses → 100% 2e evidence

Mutation-analysis-guided fuzzing uses mutant pruning to improve performance by reducing the number of mutants executed per iteration.

Fuzzing Corpus uses → 100% 2e evidence

Mutation-analysis-guided fuzzing saves inputs to a fuzzing corpus when they increase mutation score.

Fuzzing Oracle uses → 100% 2e evidence

Mutation-analysis-guided fuzzing uses a fuzzing oracle (differential or implicit) to determine when a mutant is killed.

Guiding Greybox Fuzzing with Mutation Testing ← evaluates 100% 2e evidence

The paper develops and evaluates mutation-analysis-guided fuzzing against coverage-only fuzzing baselines.

Coverage-Guided Greybox Fuzzing extends → 100% 2e evidence

Mutation-analysis-guided fuzzing extends coverage-guided greybox fuzzing by also saving inputs that improve mutation score.