Re: [libxml++] Segfault in dom parser

[Thomas Jarosch <thomas jarosch intra2net com>]

Hi Christophe,

> > > Remove example.xml and try running the included example dom_parser.
> > > It should segfault. Is it a bug of the example or the library?
> >
> > The bug comes from the lib which doesn't check if context creation is
> > sucessfull. I'll commit a patch in a few minutes.
> >
> :-)
> :
> > On context creation failure the lib will now throw an internal_exception
> > with the message "cannot create parsing context".
> > If anybody think a new exception type is needed for that just tell me
> > we'll discuss it. In the mean time at least we'll not have a segfault.

I found another two segfaults :o)

- Zero byte file
- Special one byte file (attached)

The segfaults are reproducable with the dom parser example program.

Thomas

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