From 211007cfbe7c6c923ca4f1c99dc239998e64b6c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tommi Hirvola <tommi@hirvola.fi>
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2024 12:56:30 +0200
Subject: set upper limit for REP escape sequence argument

Previously, printf 'L\033[2147483647b' would call tputc('L') 2^31 times,
making st unresponsive. This commit allows repeating the last character
at most 65535 times in order to prevent freezing and DoS attacks.
---
 st.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/st.c b/st.c
index dd82d37..61799a7 100644
--- a/st.c
+++ b/st.c
@@ -1705,7 +1705,7 @@ csihandle(void)
 			ttywrite(vtiden, strlen(vtiden), 0);
 		break;
 	case 'b': /* REP -- if last char is printable print it <n> more times */
-		DEFAULT(csiescseq.arg[0], 1);
+		LIMIT(csiescseq.arg[0], 1, 65535);
 		if (term.lastc)
 			while (csiescseq.arg[0]-- > 0)
 				tputc(term.lastc);
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