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Evaluating Fuzzing Internal Mechanisms Via Internal State Variables
Submitted to ACM FSE 2025

We identify and evaluate the internal state variables of a fuzzer to determine the effectiveness of four different fuzzers. We find that the internal mechanisms do not always follow the expected behavior.

Authors

Zenong Zhang

zenong@utdallas.edu

The University of Texas at Dallas

Austin Mordahl

Austin.Mordahl@utdallas.edu

The University of Texas at Dallas

Eric Su Zhang

ericspring08@gmail.com

St. Mark's School of Texas

Meah Tahmeed Ahmed

meah.ahmed@utdallas.edu

The University of Texas at Dallas

Shiyi Wei

swei@utdallas.edu

The University of Texas at Dallas

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