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Bug #81095 Segmentation fault in preg_match
Submitted: 2021-06-01 15:56 UTC Modified: 2021-06-14 11:10 UTC
From: vaclav dot vatoz dot cerny at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: PCRE related
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS: Debian 10
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2021-06-01 15:56 UTC] vaclav dot vatoz dot cerny at gmail dot com 
Description:
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preg_match on sample data fails with Segmentation fault


Tested under   7.3.19 (debian)  7.4.18  and 8.0.5 (packages.sury.org)
Test data accesible from from https://www.dropbox.com/s/z99kyrbtp10bvrw/exif.txt?dl=0

Test script:
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<?php 
//download test  data from https://www.dropbox.com/s/z99kyrbtp10bvrw/exif.txt?dl=0
//and then run

$a=unserialize(file_get_contents("exif.txt"));
$b=$a["EXIF"]["IFD0"]["ImageResourceInformation"];
$c=preg_match("!^\X+$!", $b);
echo "OK";


Expected result:
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Running code, or error in error log

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 [2021-06-01 19:09 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Feedback
 [2021-06-01 19:09 UTC] requinix@php.net 
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 [2021-06-13 04:22 UTC] php-bugs at lists dot php dot net 
No feedback was provided. The bug is being suspended because
we assume that you are no longer experiencing the problem.
If this is not the case and you are able to provide the
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change the status of the bug back to "Re-Opened". Thank you.
 [2021-06-14 11:10 UTC] vaclav dot vatoz dot cerny at gmail dot com
-Status: No Feedback +Status: Closed
 [2021-06-14 11:10 UTC] vaclav dot vatoz dot cerny at gmail dot com 
After update i have tested it in 7.4.20  8.07 7.3.28 and it works )didnt segfault. 
So it might have been corrected in source tree.
 
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