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@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@ +# 1.12.2 + +* Avoid excessive backtracking when parsing an unterminated string with many + escape sequences. The previous behaviour would allow maliciously crafted + documents to cause a denial of service in other implementations of Mammoth. + While the exact test case did not cause the same issue in the Java + implementation, the behaviour has been updated out of an abundance of caution + and for consistency. + + Note that it is still strongly recommended to process untrusted documents in + a separate thread with a timeout to avoid potential similar issues. + # 1.12.1 * Detect and ignore numbering levels that use numStyleLink to refer to |