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Bug #7533 sscanf() crash on null values
Submitted: 2000-10-30 11:01 UTC Modified: 2000-10-30 11:44 UTC
From: panu dot kalliokoski at giro dot fi Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Reproducible Crash
PHP Version: 4.0 Latest CVS (30/10/2000) OS: Debian GNU/Linux 2.2.17 -potato
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2000-10-30 11:01 UTC] panu dot kalliokoski at giro dot fi
This bug should be really easy to reproduce. It seems that any call like

$my_array = sscanf( $this_variable_does_not_exist, '%d' );

will cause a core dump. (Also tested on php4.0.2 and 4.0.3)


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 [2000-10-30 11:44 UTC] stas@php.net
Fixed in CVS. Please check.
 
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