[Bug libc/14134] New: iconv() segfaults if the invalid multibyte character 0xffff is input when converting from IBM930

["siddhesh at redhat dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>]

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14134

             Bug #: 14134
           Summary: iconv() segfaults if the invalid multibyte character
                    0xffff is input when converting from IBM930
           Product: glibc
           Version: unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: critical
          Priority: P2
         Component: libc
        AssignedTo: unassigned@sourceware.org
        ReportedBy: siddhesh@redhat.com
                CC: drepper.fsp@gmail.com
    Classification: Unclassified


Description of problem:
When converting IBM930 code with iconv(), if IBM930 code which includes invalid
multibyte character "0xffff" is specified, then iconv() segfaults.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
glibc-2.5-81.el5_8.2

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Run the following command:

echo '0x0e 0x43 0x8c 0xff 0xff 0x43 0xbd 0x43 0xbd' | xxd -r | iconv -f IBM930
-t UTF-8

Actual results:
Segfault

Expected results:
ãiconv: illegal input sequence at position 3

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