GNU bug report logs - #7446
Emacs 23.2 [windows] - Buffer overrun bug with ebrowse.exe

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Joe Matarazzo <joe.matarazzo <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 00:36:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #12 received at 7446-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Joe Matarazzo <joe.matarazzo <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 7446-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7446: Emacs 23.2 [windows] - Buffer overrun bug with
	ebrowse.exe
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 11:32:03 +0200

> Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:39:49 -0800
> From: Joe Matarazzo <joe.matarazzo <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: 
> 
> When the input file ends with a C++ style "//" comment line, without a
> newline at the end, the parser will attempt to read past the end of
> the input buffer. This produces undefined results, among them putting
> the parser in a bogus state that makes all subsequent input files
> parse incorrectly. Here's a possible fix:

Thanks, I applied this patch to the Emacs 23 branch.
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