Keep the MessagePack string test type and its alias in one block

astyle indented the alias oddly when it had an #ifdef of its own after
the binary alias; declare it right after the string type, in the same
block.

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json/to_msgpack.md

@@ -34,6 +34,15 @@ The exact mapping and its limitations are described on a [dedicated page](../../
 
 Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no changes in the JSON value.
 
+## Exceptions
+
+- Throws [`out_of_range.412`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range412) if the length of a string, binary
+  value, array, or object exceeds 4294967295, the maximum MessagePack can store; example:
+  `"MessagePack length 4294967296 exceeds maximum of 4294967295"`
+- Throws [`out_of_range.415`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range415) if the subtype of a binary value
+  exceeds 255, the maximum of the MessagePack ext type; example:
+  `"subtype 70000 is too large for the MessagePack ext type (max 255)"`
+
 ## Complexity
 
 Linear in the size of the JSON value `j`.
@@ -65,3 +74,4 @@ Linear in the size of the JSON value `j`.
 ## Version history
 
 - Added in version 2.0.9.
+- Throws `out_of_range.412` and `out_of_range.415` since version 3.13.0.

docs/mkdocs/docs/features/binary_formats/messagepack.md

@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ specification:
       - arrays with more than 4294967295 elements
       - objects with more than 4294967295 elements
 
+    Serializing such a value throws [`out_of_range.412`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range412).
+
 !!! info "NaN/infinity handling"
 
     `NaN`, `Infinity`, and `-Infinity` are serialized as a MessagePack float 32 (type 0xCA, 5 bytes total),

docs/mkdocs/docs/home/exceptions.md

@@ -932,19 +932,25 @@ A JSON Patch `add` operation cannot be applied because the target location's par
 
 ### json.exception.out_of_range.412
 
-BSON stores the length of documents, arrays, strings, and binary values in a signed 32-bit integer. This exception is thrown when a value is too large to be described by such a length field.
+BSON stores the length of documents, arrays, strings, and binary values in a signed 32-bit integer, and MessagePack
+stores the length of strings, binary values, arrays, and objects in at most an unsigned 32-bit integer. This exception
+is thrown when a value is too large to be described by such a length field.
 
-!!! failure "Example message"
+!!! failure "Example messages"
 
     ```
     BSON length 2147483661 exceeds maximum of 2147483647
     ```
+    ```
+    MessagePack length 4294967296 exceeds maximum of 4294967295
+    ```
 
 !!! note
 
-    This exception was added in version 3.13.0. Before that, the length was silently truncated, and
+    This exception was added in version 3.13.0. Before that, the BSON length was silently truncated, and
     [`to_bson`](../api/basic_json/to_bson.md) produced documents with negative length prefixes that
-    [`from_bson`](../api/basic_json/from_bson.md) rejected.
+    [`from_bson`](../api/basic_json/from_bson.md) rejected; [`to_msgpack`](../api/basic_json/to_msgpack.md) wrote such
+    a value without any length, producing output that could not be read back.
 
 ### json.exception.out_of_range.413
 

include/nlohmann/detail/output/binary_writer.hpp

@@ -466,6 +466,23 @@ class binary_writer
         }
     }
 
+    /*!
+    @brief check that @a length fits into the 32 bits that MessagePack stores
+           the length of a string, binary value, array, or object in
+    @return the length as an unsigned 32-bit integer
+    @throw out_of_range.412 if @a length exceeds the range of std::uint32_t
+    */
+    static std::uint32_t to_msgpack_length(const std::size_t length, const BasicJsonType& j)
+    {
+        if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!value_in_range_of<std::uint32_t>(length)))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(412, concat("MessagePack length ", std::to_string(length), " exceeds maximum of ", std::to_string((std::numeric_limits<std::uint32_t>::max)())), &j));
+        }
+
+        static_cast<void>(j);
+        return static_cast<std::uint32_t>(length);
+    }
+
     /*!
     @param[in] j  JSON value to serialize
     */
@@ -606,7 +623,7 @@ class binary_writer
             case value_t::string:
             {
                 // step 1: write control byte and the string length
-                const auto N = j.m_data.m_value.string->size();
+                const auto N = to_msgpack_length(j.m_data.m_value.string->size(), j);
                 if (N <= 31)
                 {
                     // fixstr
@@ -624,7 +641,7 @@ class binary_writer
                     oa.write_character(to_char_type(0xDA));
                     write_number(static_cast<std::uint16_t>(N));
                 }
-                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint32_t>::max)())
+                else
                 {
                     // str 32
                     oa.write_character(to_char_type(0xDB));
@@ -641,7 +658,7 @@ class binary_writer
             case value_t::array:
             {
                 // step 1: write control byte and the array size
-                const auto N = j.m_data.m_value.array->size();
+                const auto N = to_msgpack_length(j.m_data.m_value.array->size(), j);
                 if (N <= 15)
                 {
                     // fixarray
@@ -653,7 +670,7 @@ class binary_writer
                     oa.write_character(to_char_type(0xDC));
                     write_number(static_cast<std::uint16_t>(N));
                 }
-                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint32_t>::max)())
+                else
                 {
                     // array 32
                     oa.write_character(to_char_type(0xDD));
@@ -675,7 +692,7 @@ class binary_writer
                 const bool use_ext = j.m_data.m_value.binary->has_subtype();
 
                 // step 1: write control byte and the byte string length
-                const auto N = j.m_data.m_value.binary->size();
+                const auto N = to_msgpack_length(j.m_data.m_value.binary->size(), j);
                 if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint8_t>::max)())
                 {
                     std::uint8_t output_type{};
@@ -727,7 +744,7 @@ class binary_writer
                     oa.write_character(to_char_type(output_type));
                     write_number(static_cast<std::uint16_t>(N));
                 }
-                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint32_t>::max)())
+                else
                 {
                     const std::uint8_t output_type = use_ext
                                                      ? 0xC9 // ext 32
@@ -759,7 +776,7 @@ class binary_writer
             case value_t::object:
             {
                 // step 1: write control byte and the object size
-                const auto N = j.m_data.m_value.object->size();
+                const auto N = to_msgpack_length(j.m_data.m_value.object->size(), j);
                 if (N <= 15)
                 {
                     // fixmap
@@ -771,7 +788,7 @@ class binary_writer
                     oa.write_character(to_char_type(0xDE));
                     write_number(static_cast<std::uint16_t>(N));
                 }
-                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint32_t>::max)())
+                else
                 {
                     // map 32
                     oa.write_character(to_char_type(0xDF));

single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp

@@ -19931,6 +19931,23 @@ class binary_writer
         }
     }
 
+    /*!
+    @brief check that @a length fits into the 32 bits that MessagePack stores
+           the length of a string, binary value, array, or object in
+    @return the length as an unsigned 32-bit integer
+    @throw out_of_range.412 if @a length exceeds the range of std::uint32_t
+    */
+    static std::uint32_t to_msgpack_length(const std::size_t length, const BasicJsonType& j)
+    {
+        if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!value_in_range_of<std::uint32_t>(length)))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(412, concat("MessagePack length ", std::to_string(length), " exceeds maximum of ", std::to_string((std::numeric_limits<std::uint32_t>::max)())), &j));
+        }
+
+        static_cast<void>(j);
+        return static_cast<std::uint32_t>(length);
+    }
+
     /*!
     @param[in] j  JSON value to serialize
     */
@@ -20071,7 +20088,7 @@ class binary_writer
             case value_t::string:
             {
                 // step 1: write control byte and the string length
-                const auto N = j.m_data.m_value.string->size();
+                const auto N = to_msgpack_length(j.m_data.m_value.string->size(), j);
                 if (N <= 31)
                 {
                     // fixstr
@@ -20089,7 +20106,7 @@ class binary_writer
                     oa.write_character(to_char_type(0xDA));
                     write_number(static_cast<std::uint16_t>(N));
                 }
-                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint32_t>::max)())
+                else
                 {
                     // str 32
                     oa.write_character(to_char_type(0xDB));
@@ -20106,7 +20123,7 @@ class binary_writer
             case value_t::array:
             {
                 // step 1: write control byte and the array size
-                const auto N = j.m_data.m_value.array->size();
+                const auto N = to_msgpack_length(j.m_data.m_value.array->size(), j);
                 if (N <= 15)
                 {
                     // fixarray
@@ -20118,7 +20135,7 @@ class binary_writer
                     oa.write_character(to_char_type(0xDC));
                     write_number(static_cast<std::uint16_t>(N));
                 }
-                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint32_t>::max)())
+                else
                 {
                     // array 32
                     oa.write_character(to_char_type(0xDD));
@@ -20140,7 +20157,7 @@ class binary_writer
                 const bool use_ext = j.m_data.m_value.binary->has_subtype();
 
                 // step 1: write control byte and the byte string length
-                const auto N = j.m_data.m_value.binary->size();
+                const auto N = to_msgpack_length(j.m_data.m_value.binary->size(), j);
                 if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint8_t>::max)())
                 {
                     std::uint8_t output_type{};
@@ -20192,7 +20209,7 @@ class binary_writer
                     oa.write_character(to_char_type(output_type));
                     write_number(static_cast<std::uint16_t>(N));
                 }
-                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint32_t>::max)())
+                else
                 {
                     const std::uint8_t output_type = use_ext
                                                      ? 0xC9 // ext 32
@@ -20224,7 +20241,7 @@ class binary_writer
             case value_t::object:
             {
                 // step 1: write control byte and the object size
-                const auto N = j.m_data.m_value.object->size();
+                const auto N = to_msgpack_length(j.m_data.m_value.object->size(), j);
                 if (N <= 15)
                 {
                     // fixmap
@@ -20236,7 +20253,7 @@ class binary_writer
                     oa.write_character(to_char_type(0xDE));
                     write_number(static_cast<std::uint16_t>(N));
                 }
-                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint32_t>::max)())
+                else
                 {
                     // map 32
                     oa.write_character(to_char_type(0xDF));

tests/src/unit-msgpack.cpp

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ using nlohmann::json;
     using namespace nlohmann::literals; // NOLINT(google-build-using-namespace)
 #endif
 
+#include <cstdint> // SIZE_MAX, UINT32_MAX
 #include <fstream>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <iomanip>
@@ -2150,3 +2151,79 @@ TEST_CASE("MessagePack with std::byte")
     }
 }
 #endif
+
+namespace
+{
+// types that report a size beyond UINT32_MAX without allocating that much
+// memory, so the MessagePack length limit can be tested cheaply; see the
+// similar types in unit-bson.cpp
+std::size_t beyond_uint32_size()
+{
+    return static_cast<std::size_t>((std::numeric_limits<std::uint32_t>::max)()) + 1;
+}
+
+class beyond_uint32_binary_t : public std::vector<std::uint8_t>
+{
+  public:
+    using std::vector<std::uint8_t>::vector;
+
+    size_type size() const noexcept // NOLINT(readability-convert-member-functions-to-static)
+    {
+        return beyond_uint32_size();
+    }
+};
+
+// with clang and libstdc++ 10, the std::filesystem::path conversion that
+// C++17 builds consider for every string type is ambiguous for a class
+// derived from std::string, so the string case is not tested there
+#if !(defined(__clang__) && defined(_GLIBCXX_RELEASE) && _GLIBCXX_RELEASE < 11)
+    #define JSON_TEST_BEYOND_UINT32_STRING 1
+#endif
+
+#ifdef JSON_TEST_BEYOND_UINT32_STRING
+class beyond_uint32_string_t : public std::string
+{
+  public:
+    using std::string::string;
+
+    size_type size() const noexcept // NOLINT(readability-convert-member-functions-to-static)
+    {
+        return beyond_uint32_size();
+    }
+};
+
+using beyond_uint32_string_json = nlohmann::basic_json <
+                                  std::map, std::vector, beyond_uint32_string_t, bool, std::int64_t, std::uint64_t,
+                                  double, std::allocator, nlohmann::adl_serializer, std::vector<std::uint8_t>, void >;
+#endif
+
+using beyond_uint32_binary_json = nlohmann::basic_json <
+                                  std::map, std::vector, std::string, bool, std::int64_t, std::uint64_t,
+                                  double, std::allocator, nlohmann::adl_serializer, beyond_uint32_binary_t, void >;
+} // namespace
+
+TEST_CASE("MessagePack lengths beyond UINT32_MAX cannot be serialized")
+{
+    // MessagePack stores the length of a string, binary value, array, or
+    // object in at most 32 bits; a larger one used to be written without any
+    // length at all
+#if SIZE_MAX > UINT32_MAX
+    {
+        const char* const expected = "[json.exception.out_of_range.412] MessagePack length 4294967296 exceeds maximum of 4294967295";
+
+        const beyond_uint32_binary_json binary = beyond_uint32_binary_json::binary(beyond_uint32_binary_t{});
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(beyond_uint32_binary_json::to_msgpack(binary), expected, beyond_uint32_binary_json::out_of_range&);
+
+        const beyond_uint32_binary_json ext = beyond_uint32_binary_json::binary(beyond_uint32_binary_t{}, 42);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(beyond_uint32_binary_json::to_msgpack(ext), expected, beyond_uint32_binary_json::out_of_range&);
+
+#ifdef JSON_TEST_BEYOND_UINT32_STRING
+        // created from its type rather than from a beyond_uint32_string_t:
+        // that would consider the std::filesystem::path conversion, which
+        // libstdc++ 10 cannot decide for a class derived from std::string
+        const beyond_uint32_string_json string(beyond_uint32_string_json::value_t::string);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(beyond_uint32_string_json::to_msgpack(string), expected, beyond_uint32_string_json::out_of_range&);
+#endif
+    }
+#endif
+}