Fix CBOR tag handling in cbor_tag_handler_t::store for non-binary items (#5559)

When using cbor_tag_handler_t::store, tags 0xD8-0xDB previously assumed
that the tagged item was a byte string, unconditionally attempting to
parse binary data and failing on valid CBOR documents containing tags
applied to integers, strings, arrays, or objects (such as self-describe
tag 55799).

Check whether the tagged data item is a byte string (0x40-0x5B or 0x5F).
If it is a byte string, store the subtype on the binary value as before.
Otherwise, iteratively process the tagged value in the driver loop using
item_read so that chained tags do not consume native stack space.

Part of #5316.

Signed-off-by: ReturnKartikey <kartikeynegi2000.work@gmail.com>
This commit is contained in:
Kartikey Negi
2026-09-27 14:28:55 +02:00
committed by GitHub
parent 98e00d22e5
commit 6bd106893a
5 changed files with 127 additions and 12 deletions
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ ignore
: ignore tags
store
: store tagged values as binary container with subtype (for bytes 0xd8..0xdb)
: store tagged byte strings (for bytes 0xd8..0xdb) as binary values with the tag as subtype; other tagged values are read as if the tag were ignored. If several tags precede a byte string, only the innermost one is stored.
## Examples
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ The library maps CBOR types to JSON value types as follows:
!!! warning "Tagged items"
Tagged items (0xC0..0xDB) will throw a parse error by default. They can be ignored by passing `cbor_tag_handler_t::ignore` to function `from_cbor`, in which case the tag is skipped and the enclosed data item is parsed on its own. They can be stored by passing `cbor_tag_handler_t::store` to function `from_cbor`. Note that no tag is ever interpreted: for instance, a text string tagged with tag 0 (date/time) stays a string.
Tagged items (0xC0..0xDB) will throw a parse error by default. They can be ignored by passing `cbor_tag_handler_t::ignore` to function `from_cbor`, in which case the tag is skipped and the enclosed data item is parsed on its own. Passing `cbor_tag_handler_t::store` to function `from_cbor` stores tagged byte strings (for bytes 0xd8..0xdb) as binary values with the tag as subtype; other tagged values are read as if the tag were ignored. If several tags precede a byte string, only the innermost one is stored. Note that no tag is ever interpreted: for instance, a text string tagged with tag 0 (date/time) stays a string.
??? example
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ enum class cbor_tag_handler_t
{
error, ///< throw a parse_error exception in case of a tag
ignore, ///< ignore tags
store ///< store tags as binary type
store ///< store tagged byte strings (for bytes 0xd8..0xdb) as binary values with the tag as subtype; other tagged values are read as if the tag were ignored
};
/*!
@@ -592,14 +592,18 @@ class binary_reader
input (true) or whether the last read character should
be considered instead (false)
@param[in] tag_handler how CBOR tags should be treated
@param[out] tag_pending whether a tag was parsed and its value follows
@param[out] item_read whether the tagged value's initial byte is already in current
@return whether a valid CBOR value was passed to the SAX parser
*/
bool parse_cbor_value(const bool get_char,
const cbor_tag_handler_t tag_handler,
bool& tag_pending)
bool& tag_pending,
bool& item_read)
{
tag_pending = false;
item_read = false;
switch (get_char ? get() : current)
{
@@ -1021,7 +1025,17 @@ class binary_reader
}
}
get();
return get_cbor_binary(b) && sax->binary(b);
// a byte string (the heads accepted by get_cbor_binary) keeps the tag as subtype
if ((current >= 0x40 && current <= 0x5B) || current == 0x5F)
{
return get_cbor_binary(b) && sax->binary(b);
}
// not a byte string: the tagged value, whose first byte
// was just read, is read by the caller like for ignore
tag_pending = true;
item_read = true;
return true;
}
default: // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
@@ -1503,13 +1517,14 @@ class binary_reader
// a tag is not a value of its own: read on until the tagged value
bool tag_pending = false;
bool item_read = false;
do
{
if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!parse_cbor_value(fetch, tag_handler, tag_pending)))
if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!parse_cbor_value(fetch, tag_handler, tag_pending, item_read)))
{
return false;
}
fetch = true;
fetch = !item_read;
}
while (tag_pending);
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@@ -12741,7 +12741,7 @@ enum class cbor_tag_handler_t
{
error, ///< throw a parse_error exception in case of a tag
ignore, ///< ignore tags
store ///< store tags as binary type
store ///< store tagged byte strings (for bytes 0xd8..0xdb) as binary values with the tag as subtype; other tagged values are read as if the tag were ignored
};
/*!
@@ -13289,14 +13289,18 @@ class binary_reader
input (true) or whether the last read character should
be considered instead (false)
@param[in] tag_handler how CBOR tags should be treated
@param[out] tag_pending whether a tag was parsed and its value follows
@param[out] item_read whether the tagged value's initial byte is already in current
@return whether a valid CBOR value was passed to the SAX parser
*/
bool parse_cbor_value(const bool get_char,
const cbor_tag_handler_t tag_handler,
bool& tag_pending)
bool& tag_pending,
bool& item_read)
{
tag_pending = false;
item_read = false;
switch (get_char ? get() : current)
{
@@ -13718,7 +13722,17 @@ class binary_reader
}
}
get();
return get_cbor_binary(b) && sax->binary(b);
// a byte string (the heads accepted by get_cbor_binary) keeps the tag as subtype
if ((current >= 0x40 && current <= 0x5B) || current == 0x5F)
{
return get_cbor_binary(b) && sax->binary(b);
}
// not a byte string: the tagged value, whose first byte
// was just read, is read by the caller like for ignore
tag_pending = true;
item_read = true;
return true;
}
default: // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
@@ -14200,13 +14214,14 @@ class binary_reader
// a tag is not a value of its own: read on until the tagged value
bool tag_pending = false;
bool item_read = false;
do
{
if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!parse_cbor_value(fetch, tag_handler, tag_pending)))
if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!parse_cbor_value(fetch, tag_handler, tag_pending, item_read)))
{
return false;
}
fetch = true;
fetch = !item_read;
}
while (tag_pending);
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@@ -2124,6 +2124,20 @@ TEST_CASE("CBOR nesting does not consume the call stack")
CHECK(json::from_cbor(input, true, false, json::cbor_tag_handler_t::ignore).is_discarded());
}
SECTION("stored tags")
{
// a tag over something other than a byte string is read like for
// ignore, so a chain of them must not recurse either (#5316)
std::vector<uint8_t> input;
for (std::size_t i = 0; i < 500000; ++i)
{
input.push_back(0xD8);
input.push_back(0x18);
}
input.push_back(0x01);
CHECK(json::from_cbor(input, true, true, json::cbor_tag_handler_t::store) == 1);
}
SECTION("a well-formed deep value is read through the SAX interface")
{
std::vector<uint8_t> input(200000, 0x9F);
@@ -3054,6 +3068,77 @@ TEST_CASE("Tagged values")
CHECK_THROWS_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(v_tagged, true, true, json::cbor_tag_handler_t::error), json::parse_error);
CHECK_THROWS_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(v_tagged, true, true, json::cbor_tag_handler_t::ignore), json::parse_error);
}
SECTION("issue #5316 - cbor_tag_handler_t::store on non-binary tagged items")
{
// 55799({"a": 1}) -- CBOR self-describe magic followed by a map
const std::vector<std::uint8_t> v_map{0xD9, 0xD9, 0xF7, 0xA1, 0x61, 0x61, 0x01};
CHECK(json::from_cbor(v_map, true, true, json::cbor_tag_handler_t::ignore) == json({{"a", 1}}));
CHECK(json::from_cbor(v_map, true, true, json::cbor_tag_handler_t::store) == json({{"a", 1}}));
// Tag 24 over unsigned integer 5
const std::vector<std::uint8_t> v_int{0xD8, 0x18, 0x05};
CHECK(json::from_cbor(v_int, true, true, json::cbor_tag_handler_t::ignore) == 5);
CHECK(json::from_cbor(v_int, true, true, json::cbor_tag_handler_t::store) == 5);
// Tag 24 over text string "foo"
const std::vector<std::uint8_t> v_str{0xD8, 0x18, 0x63, 'f', 'o', 'o'};
CHECK(json::from_cbor(v_str, true, true, json::cbor_tag_handler_t::ignore) == "foo");
CHECK(json::from_cbor(v_str, true, true, json::cbor_tag_handler_t::store) == "foo");
// Tag 24 over array [1, 2]
const std::vector<std::uint8_t> v_arr{0xD8, 0x18, 0x82, 0x01, 0x02};
CHECK(json::from_cbor(v_arr, true, true, json::cbor_tag_handler_t::ignore) == json({1, 2}));
CHECK(json::from_cbor(v_arr, true, true, json::cbor_tag_handler_t::store) == json({1, 2}));
// Tag 24 over boolean true
const std::vector<std::uint8_t> v_bool{0xD8, 0x18, 0xF5};
CHECK(json::from_cbor(v_bool, true, true, json::cbor_tag_handler_t::ignore) == true);
CHECK(json::from_cbor(v_bool, true, true, json::cbor_tag_handler_t::store) == true);
// Tag 24 over null
const std::vector<std::uint8_t> v_null{0xD8, 0x18, 0xF6};
CHECK(json::from_cbor(v_null, true, true, json::cbor_tag_handler_t::ignore) == nullptr);
CHECK(json::from_cbor(v_null, true, true, json::cbor_tag_handler_t::store) == nullptr);
// Nested tags: tag 55799 over tag 24 over integer 42
const std::vector<std::uint8_t> v_nested{0xD9, 0xD9, 0xF7, 0xD8, 0x18, 0x18, 0x2A};
CHECK(json::from_cbor(v_nested, true, true, json::cbor_tag_handler_t::ignore) == 42);
CHECK(json::from_cbor(v_nested, true, true, json::cbor_tag_handler_t::store) == 42);
// Tag 24 over byte string continues to store subtype as before
const std::vector<std::uint8_t> v_bin{0xD8, 0x18, 0x42, 0xCA, 0xFE};
auto j_bin_store = json::from_cbor(v_bin, true, true, json::cbor_tag_handler_t::store);
CHECK(j_bin_store.is_binary());
CHECK(j_bin_store.get_binary().has_subtype());
CHECK(j_bin_store.get_binary().subtype() == 24);
CHECK(j_bin_store.get_binary() == json::binary({0xCA, 0xFE}, 24).get_binary());
// Tagged values inside a container under store: [24(1), 25(h'0001')]
const std::vector<std::uint8_t> v_container{0x82, 0xD8, 0x18, 0x01, 0xD8, 0x19, 0x42, 0x00, 0x01};
auto j_container_store = json::from_cbor(v_container, true, true, json::cbor_tag_handler_t::store);
CHECK(j_container_store.is_array());
CHECK(j_container_store.size() == 2);
CHECK(j_container_store[0] == 1);
CHECK(j_container_store[1].is_binary());
CHECK(j_container_store[1].get_binary().has_subtype());
CHECK(j_container_store[1].get_binary().subtype() == 25);
CHECK(j_container_store[1].get_binary() == json::binary({0x00, 0x01}, 25).get_binary());
// Tagged values as object values under store: {"a": 55799(1), "b": 24(h'01')}
const std::vector<std::uint8_t> v_object{0xA2, 0x61, 'a', 0xD9, 0xD9, 0xF7, 0x01, 0x61, 'b', 0xD8, 0x18, 0x41, 0x01};
CHECK(json::from_cbor(v_object, true, true, json::cbor_tag_handler_t::store) == json({{"a", 1}, {"b", json::binary({0x01}, 24)}}));
// two tags in a row before a byte string: the inner tag is stored
// (this uses item_read and then the byte-string path)
const std::vector<std::uint8_t> v_nested_byte_string{0xD8, 0x18, 0xD8, 0x19, 0x42, 0x00, 0x01};
CHECK(json::from_cbor(v_nested_byte_string, true, true, json::cbor_tag_handler_t::store) == json::binary({0x00, 0x01}, 25));
// errors after a stored tag are now the same as with ignore
json _;
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(std::vector<std::uint8_t> {0xD8, 0x18}, true, true, json::cbor_tag_handler_t::store), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 3: syntax error while parsing CBOR value: unexpected end of input", json::parse_error&);
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(std::vector<std::uint8_t> {0xD8, 0x18, 0x1C}, true, true, json::cbor_tag_handler_t::store), "[json.exception.parse_error.112] parse error at byte 3: syntax error while parsing CBOR value: invalid byte: 0x1C", json::parse_error&);
}
}
SECTION("negative integer overflow")