From 338a37e9e01c62f71818d71010b67833d9309e78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Philip.Hazel" Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2017 16:48:40 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation update. --- doc/pcre2serialize.3 | 11 +++++++---- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/pcre2serialize.3 b/doc/pcre2serialize.3 index 664c1db..5a87cec 100644 --- a/doc/pcre2serialize.3 +++ b/doc/pcre2serialize.3 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH PCRE2SERIALIZE 3 "24 May 2016" "PCRE2 10.22" +.TH PCRE2SERIALIZE 3 "21 March 2017" "PCRE2 10.30" .SH NAME PCRE2 - Perl-compatible regular expressions (revised API) .SH "SAVING AND RE-USING PRECOMPILED PCRE2 PATTERNS" @@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ The facility for saving and restoring compiled patterns is intended for use within individual applications. As such, the data supplied to \fBpcre2_serialize_decode()\fP is expected to be trusted data, not data from arbitrary external sources. There is only some simple consistency checking, not -complete validation of what is being re-loaded. +complete validation of what is being re-loaded. Corrupted data may cause +undefined results. For example, if the length field of a pattern in the +serialized data is corrupted, the deserializing code may read beyond the end of +the byte stream that is passed to it. . . .SH "SAVING COMPILED PATTERNS" @@ -181,6 +184,6 @@ Cambridge, England. .rs .sp .nf -Last updated: 24 May 2016 -Copyright (c) 1997-2016 University of Cambridge. +Last updated: 21 March 2017 +Copyright (c) 1997-2017 University of Cambridge. .fi