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Bug #60664 mb_ereg leads to script executing timeout
Submitted: 2012-01-05 12:57 UTC Modified: 2016-08-20 15:17 UTC
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Reproduced:1 of 1 (100.0%)
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From: tyz at open dot by Assigned: cmb (profile)
Status: Not a bug Package: mbstring related
PHP Version: 5.3.8 OS: Debian
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2012-01-05 12:57 UTC] tyz at open dot by
Description:
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I tried this with php 5.3.8 and 5.3.2 with the same results.

Test script:
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<?php
$content = '<div class="private-sales-index">
<div class="box">
<div class="content">
<h1>Welcome to our Exclusive Online Store</h1>
<p>If you are a registered member, please <a href="{{store url="customer/account/login"}}">log in here</a>.</p>
<p class="description">Magento is the leading hub for exclusive specialty items for all your home, apparel and entertainment needs!</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>';

$content = mbereg_replace("\r\n", ' ', $content);
$content = mbereg_replace("\n", ' ', $content);
var_dump($content);
var_dump(mb_ereg('(.*?\s){100}', $content, $_m));
var_dump($_m);


Expected result:
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$content should be truncated to string that contains ~100 words.

Actual result:
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Script executing hangs.

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 [2016-07-30 11:34 UTC] cmb@php.net
Might be related to bug #53099.
 [2016-07-30 12:45 UTC] ju1ius at laposte dot net
This is not a bug.
You should fix your regexp first.
The pattern you're using is a typical case of catastrophic backtracking.
http://www.regular-expressions.info/catastrophic.html

You can test it here: https://regex101.com/ and see that any regexp engine will have a really hard time matching this pattern.
 [2016-08-20 15:17 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb
 [2016-08-20 15:17 UTC] cmb@php.net
> The pattern you're using is a typical case of catastrophic
> backtracking.

Indeed (thanks for the explanation!). Running this regex with PCRE
would quickly bail out with PREG_BACKTRACK_LIMIT_ERROR. AIUI,
request #72777 would similarly solve the issue for mb_ereg().
 
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