** Description changed:

+ * Impact
+ 
+ gvfs can be made to segfault by being provided an invalid autorun.inf
+ 
+ * Test Case
+ 
+ Use the proof of concept from bellow to generate an invalid autorun.inf
+ and place it on an usb drive, connect the drive to the computer, gvfs
+ shouldn't hit a segfault
+ 
+ * Regression potential
+ 
+ Check that the autorun feature keeps working
+ 
+ -----------------------
+ 
  Reported upstream at https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2330 -
  libpcre3 can be made to crash when matching the pattern \s*= when the
  context is n\xff=
  
  Able to reproduce on current Bionic using the PoC attached (which is
  copied directly from the upstream bug report) - in a fresh Bionic VM:
  
  $ sudo apt install build-essential libgtk2.0-dev
  $ cd PCRE_PoC
  $ ./compilePoC.sh
- $ ./PoC 
+ $ ./PoC
  Content:
  -------------------
  n�=
  -------------------
  Pattern:
  -------------------
  \s*=
  ---------------------
  Segmentation fault (core dumped)
  
  Haven't yet tested the second PoC via an external disk autorun.inf and
  gvfs-udisks2-volume-monitor.
  
  Also haven't tested in Cosmic / older releases

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1798725

Title:
  gvfs may crash when parsing non-valid UTF8 in autorun.inf

Status in gvfs package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  * Impact

  gvfs can be made to segfault by being provided an invalid autorun.inf

  * Test Case

  Use the proof of concept from bellow to generate an invalid
  autorun.inf and place it on an usb drive, connect the drive to the
  computer, gvfs shouldn't hit a segfault

  * Regression potential

  Check that the autorun feature keeps working

  -----------------------

  Reported upstream at https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2330 -
  libpcre3 can be made to crash when matching the pattern \s*= when the
  context is n\xff=

  Able to reproduce on current Bionic using the PoC attached (which is
  copied directly from the upstream bug report) - in a fresh Bionic VM:

  $ sudo apt install build-essential libgtk2.0-dev
  $ cd PCRE_PoC
  $ ./compilePoC.sh
  $ ./PoC
  Content:
  -------------------
  n�=
  -------------------
  Pattern:
  -------------------
  \s*=
  ---------------------
  Segmentation fault (core dumped)

  Haven't yet tested the second PoC via an external disk autorun.inf and
  gvfs-udisks2-volume-monitor.

  Also haven't tested in Cosmic / older releases

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