reject CBOR array/map length equal to the indefinite-length marker (#5274)

* reject CBOR array/map length equal to the indefinite-length marker

Signed-off-by: Angadi Yashaswini <angadi@digiscrypt.com>

* reject CBOR lengths that do not fit in std::size_t via value_in_range_of

Signed-off-by: Angadi Yashaswini <angadi@digiscrypt.com>

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Signed-off-by: Angadi Yashaswini <angadi@digiscrypt.com>
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Angadi56
2026-07-31 18:04:30 +02:00
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parent bc48951128
commit d94cbd99dc
4 changed files with 136 additions and 8 deletions
@@ -704,13 +704,15 @@ class binary_reader
case 0x9A: // array (four-byte uint32_t for n follow)
{
std::uint32_t len{};
return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) && get_cbor_array(conditional_static_cast<std::size_t>(len), tag_handler);
std::size_t size{};
return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) && get_cbor_container_size(len, size, "array") && get_cbor_array(size, tag_handler);
}
case 0x9B: // array (eight-byte uint64_t for n follow)
{
std::uint64_t len{};
return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) && get_cbor_array(conditional_static_cast<std::size_t>(len), tag_handler);
std::size_t size{};
return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) && get_cbor_container_size(len, size, "array") && get_cbor_array(size, tag_handler);
}
case 0x9F: // array (indefinite length)
@@ -758,13 +760,15 @@ class binary_reader
case 0xBA: // map (four-byte uint32_t for n follow)
{
std::uint32_t len{};
return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) && get_cbor_object(conditional_static_cast<std::size_t>(len), tag_handler);
std::size_t size{};
return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) && get_cbor_container_size(len, size, "map") && get_cbor_object(size, tag_handler);
}
case 0xBB: // map (eight-byte uint64_t for n follow)
{
std::uint64_t len{};
return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) && get_cbor_object(conditional_static_cast<std::size_t>(len), tag_handler);
std::size_t size{};
return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) && get_cbor_container_size(len, size, "map") && get_cbor_object(size, tag_handler);
}
case 0xBF: // map (indefinite length)
@@ -1155,6 +1159,31 @@ class binary_reader
}
}
/*!
@brief narrow a definite CBOR array/map length to std::size_t
A definite length is rejected if it does not fit in std::size_t or if it
equals detail::unknown_size(), which is reserved to mark an indefinite-
length container and would otherwise make the length read as indefinite.
Both cases exceed any container's max_size(), so no representable input
is affected.
@param[in] len the declared length
@param[out] result the length narrowed to std::size_t
@param[in] context "array" or "map", for the error message
@return whether the length is usable
*/
bool get_cbor_container_size(const std::uint64_t len, std::size_t& result, const char* context)
{
if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!value_in_range_of<std::size_t>(len) || len == detail::unknown_size()))
{
return sax->parse_error(chars_read, get_token_string(), out_of_range::create(408,
exception_message(input_format_t::cbor, concat("excessive ", context, " size"), "size"), nullptr));
}
result = conditional_static_cast<std::size_t>(len);
return true;
}
/*!
@param[in] len the length of the array or detail::unknown_size() for an
array of indefinite size