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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commit d94cbd99dc
4 changed files with 136 additions and 8 deletions
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@@ -1999,6 +1999,42 @@ TEST_CASE("CBOR regressions")
}
#endif
TEST_CASE("CBOR definite length equal to the indefinite-length sentinel")
{
// A definite-length array or map whose declared element count equals the
// reserved unknown_size() sentinel (SIZE_MAX) must be rejected. Otherwise
// it is read as an indefinite-length container and the following bytes are
// silently accepted instead of the (impossible) count being reported.
json _;
SECTION("array")
{
// 0x9B: array with eight-byte length; length = 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
const std::vector<uint8_t> input = {0x9B, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0x01, 0x02, 0xFF};
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(input), "[json.exception.out_of_range.408] syntax error while parsing CBOR size: excessive array size", json::out_of_range&);
}
SECTION("map")
{
// 0xBB: map with eight-byte length; length = 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
const std::vector<uint8_t> input = {0xBB, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0x61, 0x61, 0x01, 0xFF};
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(input), "[json.exception.out_of_range.408] syntax error while parsing CBOR size: excessive map size", json::out_of_range&);
}
SECTION("indefinite-length containers are unaffected")
{
CHECK(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x9F, 0x01, 0x02, 0xFF})) == json({1, 2}));
CHECK(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xBF, 0x61, 0x61, 0x01, 0xFF})) == json({{"a", 1}}));
}
SECTION("ordinary four-byte length containers are unaffected")
{
// 0x9A/0xBA carry a four-byte length; a normal count still parses
CHECK(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x9A, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x02, 0x01, 0x02})) == json({1, 2}));
CHECK(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xBA, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x61, 0x61, 0x01})) == json({{"a", 1}}));
}
}
TEST_CASE("CBOR roundtrips" * doctest::skip())
{
SECTION("input from flynn")