GNU bug report logs - #9412
sprintf-related integer and memory overflow issues

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Message #26 received at 9412 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Cc: 9412 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#9412: sprintf-related integer and memory overflow issues
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 22:44:45 -0700

On 08/31/11 19:42, Chong Yidong wrote:
> With this, the parts of the patch involving using snprintf look good.
> But I would prefer to defer the esnprintf stuff till after 24.1.

OK, I'll remove esnprintf from the patch before installing.

> The changes to font_unparse_xlfd and font_unparse_fcname don't look as
> straightforward as the rest.  That code is somewhat fragile, so I
> suggest double checking those changes (or, better yet, writing a test
> case).

I'll do that too.

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