Re: [ft-devel] those OVERFLOW_* macros and Fontval b69 (Re: Freetype-devel Digest, Vol 149, Issue 5

[Werner LEMBERG]

>> Ditto for bytecode.  Checking every addition, subtraction or
>> multiplication for overflow is something I want to avoid,
> 
> Of course, I am only suggesting rejecting input with unreasonably
> large coordinates or metric values.

This would be ideal, yes, but I don't see how you can do that.  For
example, it makes sense to reject, say, PCF properties that exceed the
value 0x7FFF (I added such tests recently).  Similar things can be
done for other format too.  However, the majority of input data in
most formats are deltas, and here you would have to check after every
addition, subtraction, or multiplication whether you get something
`unreasonable'.


    Werner