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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/chars.c b/chars.c
index baa56003..d758d0cc 100644
--- a/chars.c
+++ b/chars.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: chars.c,v 1.57 2014/04/20 16:46:04 schwarze Exp $ */
+/* $Id: chars.c,v 1.58 2014/07/23 15:00:08 schwarze Exp $ */
/*
* Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
* Copyright (c) 2011 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
@@ -127,7 +127,18 @@ mchars_num2uc(const char *p, size_t sz)
if ((i = mandoc_strntoi(p, sz, 16)) < 0)
return('\0');
- /* FIXME: make sure we're not in a bogus range. */
+
+ /*
+ * Security warning:
+ * Never extend the range of accepted characters
+ * to overlap with the ASCII range, 0x00-0x7F
+ * without re-auditing the callers of this function.
+ * Some callers might relay on the fact that we never
+ * return ASCII characters for their escaping decisions.
+ *
+ * XXX Code is missing here to exclude bogus ranges.
+ */
+
return(i > 0x80 && i <= 0x10FFFF ? i : '\0');
}