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[FIX] Prevent heap buffer overflow in Teletext demux path

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Summary

This pull request fixes a heap buffer overflow in the Teletext demux path
(CCX_CODEC_TELETEXT) in the function copy_capbuf_demux_data
in src/lib_ccx/ts_functions.c.

Details

Previously, the code copied cinfo->capbuf into the destination buffer
without verifying that there was enough space remaining:

memcpy(ptr->buffer + ptr->len, cinfo->capbuf, cinfo->capbuflen);

If capbuflen exceeded the remaining buffer space, this caused a heap
buffer overflow, potentially leading to memory corruption or crash.

The generic PES/DVB path already performed a bounds check, but the
Teletext path was missing this validation.

Fix
A bou
nds check is added before copying the Teletext data:

if (cinfo->capbuflen > BUFSIZE - ptr->len) {
    fatal(CCX_COMMON_EXIT_BUG_BUG,
          "Teletext packet (%ld) larger than remaining buffer (%lld).\n",
          cinfo->capbuflen, BUFSIZE - ptr->len);
}
memcpy(ptr->buffer + ptr->len, cinfo->capbuf, cinfo->capbuflen);
ptr->len += cinfo->capbuflen;

Fixes #1933

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CCExtractor CI platform finished running the test files on linux. Below is a summary of the test results, when compared to test for commit a9413a2...:
Report Name Tests Passed
Broken 13/13
CEA-708 14/14
DVB 7/7
DVD 3/3
DVR-MS 2/2
General 25/27
Hardsubx 1/1
Hauppage 3/3
MP4 3/3
NoCC 10/10
Options 80/86
Teletext 21/21
WTV 13/13
XDS 34/34

Your PR breaks these cases:

  • ccextractor --autoprogram --out=ttxt --latin1 --ucla dab1c1bd65...
  • ccextractor --out=srt --latin1 --autoprogram 29e5ffd34b...
  • ccextractor --parsePMT --out=srt c83f765c66...
  • ccextractor --startcreditstext "CCextractor Start crdit Testing" c4dd893cb9...
  • ccextractor --startcreditsnotbefore 1 --startcreditstext "CCextractor Start crdit Testing" c4dd893cb9...
  • ccextractor --startcreditsnotafter 2 --startcreditstext "CCextractor Start crdit Testing" c4dd893cb9...
  • ccextractor --startcreditsforatleast 1 --startcreditstext "CCextractor Start crdit Testing" c4dd893cb9...
  • ccextractor --startcreditsforatmost 2 --startcreditstext "CCextractor Start crdit Testing" c4dd893cb9...

It seems that not all tests were passed completely. This is an indication that the output of some files is not as expected (but might be according to you).

Check the result page for more info.

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CCExtractor CI platform finished running the test files on windows. Below is a summary of the test results, when compared to test for commit a9413a2...:
Report Name Tests Passed
Broken 13/13
CEA-708 14/14
DVB 7/7
DVD 3/3
DVR-MS 2/2
General 27/27
Hardsubx 1/1
Hauppage 3/3
MP4 3/3
NoCC 10/10
Options 86/86
Teletext 21/21
WTV 13/13
XDS 34/34

Congratulations: Merging this PR would fix the following tests:

  • ccextractor --autoprogram --out=srt --latin1 --quant 0 85271be4d2..., Last passed: Never
  • ccextractor --autoprogram --out=ttxt --latin1 --ucla dab1c1bd65..., Last passed: Never
  • ccextractor --out=srt --latin1 --autoprogram 29e5ffd34b..., Last passed: Never
  • ccextractor --out=spupng c83f765c66..., Last passed: Never
  • ccextractor --startcreditstext "CCextractor Start crdit Testing" c4dd893cb9..., Last passed: Never
  • ccextractor --startcreditsnotbefore 1 --startcreditstext "CCextractor Start crdit Testing" c4dd893cb9..., Last passed: Never
  • ccextractor --startcreditsnotafter 2 --startcreditstext "CCextractor Start crdit Testing" c4dd893cb9..., Last passed: Never
  • ccextractor --startcreditsforatleast 1 --startcreditstext "CCextractor Start crdit Testing" c4dd893cb9..., Last passed: Never
  • ccextractor --startcreditsforatmost 2 --startcreditstext "CCextractor Start crdit Testing" c4dd893cb9..., Last passed: Never

All tests passed completely.

Check the result page for more info.

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Heap buffer overflow when handling Teletext data in copy_capbuf_demux_data

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