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OSS-Fuzz

OSS-Fuzz is an open-source project developed by Google that provides free distributed infrastructure for continuous fuzz testing. It streamlines the fuzzing process and facilitates simpler modifications. While only select projects are accepted into OSS-Fuzz, the project's core is open-source, allowing anyone to host their own instance for private projects.

Overview

OSS-Fuzz provides a simple CLI framework for building and starting harnesses or calculating their coverage. Additionally, OSS-Fuzz can be used as a service that hosts static web pages generated from fuzzing outputs such as coverage information.

Key Concepts

Concept Description
helper.py CLI script for building images, building fuzzers, and running harnesses locally
Base Images Hierarchical Docker images providing build dependencies and compilers
project.yaml Configuration file defining project metadata for OSS-Fuzz enrollment
Dockerfile Project-specific image with build dependencies
build.sh Script that builds fuzzing harnesses for your project
Criticality Score Metric used by OSS-Fuzz team to evaluate project acceptance
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Mar 20, 2026