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Bug #6145 printf & sprintf crash cgi on big strings (!!!)
Submitted: 2000-08-14 06:40 UTC Modified: 2000-08-14 07:10 UTC
From: d dot i at gmx dot net Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Reproducible Crash
PHP Version: 4.0.1pl2 OS: Windows 2000 Pro
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2000-08-14 06:40 UTC] d dot i at gmx dot net 
This is a nasty one preventing my work to get done :(

A simple printf("%250s",$dummystring) makes php.exe CRASH.
I run that script by doing "php.exe -q test.php".

Same thing you can do with $dummy = sprintf("%250s",$whatever); .. same effect.

Is this a known problem? This sounds severe and for me as programmer it sounds like a buffer overrun, since smaller format-sizes (%50s) work perfect.

Danijel Ilisin

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 [2000-08-14 07:10 UTC] stas@php.net 
Fixed in CVS, please check.
 
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