Re: [pcre-dev] pcre_exec() with out-of-bounds offset

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Ralf Junker
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Subject: Re: [pcre-dev] pcre_exec() with out-of-bounds offset

On Tue, 2 Nov 2010, Ralf Junker wrote:

> pcre_exec() returns strange values if I pass an offset greater than the
> length of the subject string.

Oops. I would expect it to give an error (negative) return. Sound like
an oversight. I'm doing some work on PCRE at the moment, and I will
investigate. Thanks for the report.

Philip

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