Re: Uploading Binary files to HTTPS
Chizl <Chizl@NoShitMail.com> wrote:
"Ben Voigt [C++ MVP]" <rbv@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
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This is exactly what Igor predicted, ending the string at the first
embedded NUL. I guess there oughtn't to be any in the header, but
you can save a copy and handle embedded NUL all at once thusly:
The header is never going to have any null terminators in it, so this
will not ever be a problem.
But this will:
bstrBody.Append(strInput);
CComBSTR::Append(char*) has no choice but to treat its parameter as a
NUL-terminated string. This may truncate the data at best, and cause a
buffer overrun at worst (since strInput is not in fact NUL-terminated,
Append() may run off the end into uncharted memory).
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With best wishes,
Igor Tandetnik
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