Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: x11-utils
xmessage unable to handle long input and crash with X error .
test case :
1 )
emanuel@emanuel-desktop:/tmp$ /usr/bin/xmessage 'text' -buttons `python -c
"print 'A'*100000"`
X Error of failed request: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 53 (X_CreatePixmap)
Serial number of failed request: 171
Current serial number in output stream: 190
2 ) the window opened and immediately closed with error .
emanuel@emanuel-desktop:/tmp$ echo `python -c "print 'A'*1000000"` > /tmp/Z
emanuel@emanuel-desktop:/tmp$ /usr/bin/xmessage -file /tmp/Z
X Error of failed request: BadLength (poly request too large or internal Xlib
length error)
Major opcode of failed request: 74 (X_PolyText8)
Serial number of failed request: 198
Current serial number in output stream: 198
** Affects: x11-utils (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/792268
Title:
xmessage X errors
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