[openssl-dev] [openssl.org #4552] Bug report: hex string is too long, problem in set_hex()?

[Salz, Rich via RT]

> If the size multiplier is changed to, say, 4, then the problem goes away with
> no apparent ill effects. Reading the code for set_hex() and its caller, it does
> not appear that the size multiplier is related to a buffer size or some other
> limitation.

Yes it is, it's the size of the buffer to hold the converted text->binary string.  Changing the multiplier will overwrite data buffers.

There was a bug where it got the size calculation wrong, I think.  But this is not a bug as reported.


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