Hi, I am working on a project in which I use the afl fuzzer to fuzz different open-source software. In doing so, I discovered a heap buffer overflow in sed/execute.c, line 992. Following is a detailed backtrace: ================================================================= ==18674==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: heap-buffer-overflow on address 0x602000000fb8 at pc 0x55d4f61c3909 bp 0x7ffc4fa90580 sp 0x7ffc4fa90578 READ of size 8 at 0x602000000fb8 thread T0 #0 0x55d4f61c3908 in append_replacement sed/execute.c:992 #1 0x55d4f61c3908 in do_subst sed/execute.c:1071 #2 0x55d4f61c3908 in execute_program sed/execute.c:1507 #3 0x55d4f61c516a in process_files sed/execute.c:1677 #4 0x55d4f619c649 in main sed/sed.c:377 #5 0x7f15904d2a86 in __libc_start_main (/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6+0x21a86) #6 0x55d4f619d119 in _start (/home/jefeus/sed/sed/sed+0xc119) Address 0x602000000fb8 is a wild pointer. SUMMARY: AddressSanitizer: heap-buffer-overflow sed/execute.c:992 in append_replacement Shadow bytes around the buggy address: 0x0c047fff81a0: fa fa 00 00 fa fa 00 00 fa fa 01 fa fa fa fd fd 0x0c047fff81b0: fa fa 00 00 fa fa 00 00 fa fa 01 fa fa fa 00 00 0x0c047fff81c0: fa fa 00 00 fa fa 00 00 fa fa 00 00 fa fa 00 00 0x0c047fff81d0: fa fa 00 00 fa fa 00 00 fa fa fd fd fa fa fd fa 0x0c047fff81e0: fa fa 00 00 fa fa 00 00 fa fa 00 fa fa fa 00 fa =>0x0c047fff81f0: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa[fa]fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa 0x0c047fff8200: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa 0x0c047fff8210: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa 0x0c047fff8220: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa 0x0c047fff8230: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa 0x0c047fff8240: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa Shadow byte legend (one shadow byte represents 8 application bytes): Addressable: 00 Partially addressable: 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 Heap left redzone: fa Freed heap region: fd Stack left redzone: f1 Stack mid redzone: f2 Stack right redzone: f3 Stack after return: f5 Stack use after scope: f8 Global redzone: f9 Global init order: f6 Poisoned by user: f7 Container overflow: fc Array cookie: ac Intra object redzone: bb ASan internal: fe Left alloca redzone: ca Right alloca redzone: cb ==18674==ABORTING To reproduce this bug run sed with: sed -f Where and are the two files attached. These files demonstrate how this bug can be used to print undefined memory. By replacing the first line in with a long string of "A"s, a segmentation fault can be produced. I was able to reproduce this bug with the current git version, the debian version and on arch linux. cheers, project-repo