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Opened 15 years ago

Closed 15 years ago

#1260 closed Bug (Fixed)

Buffer overflow in _WinAPI_GetLastErrorMessage()

Reported by: danielkza Owned by: Valik
Milestone: 3.3.1.5 Component: Standard UDFs
Version: 3.3.1.3 Severity: Blocking
Keywords: Cc:

Description

Func _WinAPI_GetLastErrorMessage()
  Local $tText

  $tText = DllStructCreate("char Text[4096]")

 _WinAPI_FormatMessage($__WINAPCONSTANT_FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM, 0, _WinAPI_GetLastError(), 0, DllStructGetPtr($tText), 4096, 0)
  Return DllStructGetData($tText, "Text")
EndFunc   ;==>_WinAPI_GetLastErrorMessage

The 'nSize' parameter passed is not accounting for the terminating null character: it should be 4095, or the array size should be changed to 4097, according to MSDN's example code.

Another solution (a more elegant one, in my view) is letting FormatMessage allocate the buffer. The attached file contains a implementation of this method.

Thank you,
Daniel

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WinAPI_GetLastErrorMessageW.au3 (1.0 KB) - added by danielkza 15 years ago.
WinAPI_GetLastErrorMessageW

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Change History (3)

Changed 15 years ago by danielkza

WinAPI_GetLastErrorMessageW

comment:1 Changed 15 years ago by Valik

  • Severity changed from None to Blocking

comment:2 Changed 15 years ago by Valik

  • Milestone set to 3.3.1.5
  • Owner changed from Gary to Valik
  • Resolution set to Fixed
  • Status changed from new to closed

Fixed by revision [5355] in version: 3.3.1.5

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