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-rw-r--r--Lib/email/_header_value_parser.py19
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/email/_header_value_parser.py b/Lib/email/_header_value_parser.py
index b500394..16c1990 100644
--- a/Lib/email/_header_value_parser.py
+++ b/Lib/email/_header_value_parser.py
@@ -935,6 +935,10 @@ class EWWhiteSpaceTerminal(WhiteSpaceTerminal):
return ''
+class _InvalidEwError(errors.HeaderParseError):
+ """Invalid encoded word found while parsing headers."""
+
+
# XXX these need to become classes and used as instances so
# that a program can't change them in a parse tree and screw
# up other parse trees. Maybe should have tests for that, too.
@@ -1039,7 +1043,10 @@ def get_encoded_word(value):
raise errors.HeaderParseError(
"expected encoded word but found {}".format(value))
remstr = ''.join(remainder)
- if len(remstr) > 1 and remstr[0] in hexdigits and remstr[1] in hexdigits:
+ if (len(remstr) > 1 and
+ remstr[0] in hexdigits and
+ remstr[1] in hexdigits and
+ tok.count('?') < 2):
# The ? after the CTE was followed by an encoded word escape (=XX).
rest, *remainder = remstr.split('?=', 1)
tok = tok + '?=' + rest
@@ -1051,7 +1058,7 @@ def get_encoded_word(value):
try:
text, charset, lang, defects = _ew.decode('=?' + tok + '?=')
except ValueError:
- raise errors.HeaderParseError(
+ raise _InvalidEwError(
"encoded word format invalid: '{}'".format(ew.cte))
ew.charset = charset
ew.lang = lang
@@ -1101,9 +1108,12 @@ def get_unstructured(value):
token, value = get_fws(value)
unstructured.append(token)
continue
+ valid_ew = True
if value.startswith('=?'):
try:
token, value = get_encoded_word(value)
+ except _InvalidEwError:
+ valid_ew = False
except errors.HeaderParseError:
# XXX: Need to figure out how to register defects when
# appropriate here.
@@ -1125,7 +1135,10 @@ def get_unstructured(value):
# Split in the middle of an atom if there is a rfc2047 encoded word
# which does not have WSP on both sides. The defect will be registered
# the next time through the loop.
- if rfc2047_matcher.search(tok):
+ # This needs to only be performed when the encoded word is valid;
+ # otherwise, performing it on an invalid encoded word can cause
+ # the parser to go in an infinite loop.
+ if valid_ew and rfc2047_matcher.search(tok):
tok, *remainder = value.partition('=?')
vtext = ValueTerminal(tok, 'vtext')
_validate_xtext(vtext)