envoyproxy/envoy

grpc frame decoder fuzzing

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#8,740 opened on Oct 23, 2019

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See https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/pull/8531 and the existing frame class. We should fuzz this code.

cc @asraa @kyessenov @lizan

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Review the referenced pull request #8531 and the existing gRPC frame decoder class. Set up a fuzz test for the decoder using the existing fuzz infrastructure in Envoy.
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