Decode mixed UTF-16 clipboard text (#7466)

* Decode mixed UTF-16 clipboard text

* Harden UTF-16 clipboard detection

* Finish UTF-16 decoder hardening
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David Heinemeier Hansson
2026-08-19 11:56:51 +02:00
committed by GitHub
parent fa955bfa9d
commit 238021cd67
2 changed files with 81 additions and 10 deletions
+33 -8
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@@ -43,22 +43,47 @@ emit_image() {
}
emit_text() {
perl -MEncode=decode,FB_CROAK -MJSON::PP=encode_json -0777 -e '
perl -MEncode=decode,FB_CROAK,LEAVE_SRC -MJSON::PP=encode_json -0777 -e '
my $raw = <STDIN>;
exit unless length $raw;
my $encoding;
my $heuristic_encoding = 0;
if ($raw =~ /^(?:\xFF\xFE|\xFE\xFF)/) {
$encoding = "UTF-16";
} elsif ($raw =~ /^(?:[^\0]\0)+\z/s) {
# BOM-less UTF-16 is indistinguishable from NUL-separated bytes, so only
# decode the consistent whole-payload pattern seen from affected apps.
$encoding = "UTF-16LE";
} elsif ($raw =~ /^(?:\0[^\0])+\z/s) {
$encoding = "UTF-16BE";
} elsif (length($raw) % 2 == 0 && index($raw, "\0") >= 0) {
my $units = length($raw) / 2;
my $nuls = $raw =~ tr/\0/\0/;
# Neither byte lane can reach the padding threshold when the entire
# payload contains fewer NULs than that, so avoid two full string passes.
if ($nuls * 4 >= $units * 3) {
my $even_bytes = $raw;
$even_bytes =~ s/(.)./$1/sg;
my $even_nuls = $even_bytes =~ tr/\0/\0/;
undef $even_bytes;
my $odd_bytes = $raw;
$odd_bytes =~ s/.(.)/$1/sg;
my $odd_nuls = $odd_bytes =~ tr/\0/\0/;
# BOM-less UTF-16 is indistinguishable from NUL-separated bytes. Decode
# only when at least three quarters of the code units have consistent
# padding and fewer than one quarter have NULs in the opposite byte.
if ($odd_nuls * 4 >= $units * 3 && $even_nuls * 4 < $units) {
$encoding = "UTF-16LE";
$heuristic_encoding = 1;
} elsif ($even_nuls * 4 >= $units * 3 && $odd_nuls * 4 < $units) {
$encoding = "UTF-16BE";
$heuristic_encoding = 1;
}
}
}
my $text = $encoding ? eval { decode($encoding, $raw, FB_CROAK) } : undef;
my $text = $encoding ? eval { decode($encoding, $raw, FB_CROAK | LEAVE_SRC) } : undef;
if ($heuristic_encoding && defined($text) && $text =~ /[\x00-\x08\x0E-\x1A\x1C-\x1F]/) {
$text = undef;
}
$text = decode("UTF-8", $raw) unless defined $text;
print "{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":", encode_json($text), "}\n";
'
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@@ -296,8 +296,36 @@ capture_output=$(printf '%s' 'UTF-16 clipboard - fixed' | iconv -f UTF-8 -t UTF-
[[ $capture_output == '{"type":"text","text":"UTF-16 clipboard - fixed"}' ]] || fail "clipboard capture decodes UTF-16LE text"
pass "clipboard capture decodes UTF-16LE text"
# BOM-less UTF-16LE "A" is byte-identical to UTF-8 "A\0". The strict
# whole-payload pattern intentionally resolves that ambiguity as UTF-16.
capture_output=$(printf '%s' 'https://example.com/image — preview …' | iconv -f UTF-8 -t UTF-16LE | XDG_RUNTIME_DIR="$TMPDIR" XDG_STATE_HOME="$TMPDIR/state" PATH="$TMPDIR/bin:$PATH" "$ROOT/shell/plugins/clipboard/capture.sh" text)
[[ $capture_output == '{"type":"text","text":"https://example.com/image — preview …"}' ]] || fail "clipboard capture decodes mostly ASCII UTF-16LE text with Unicode punctuation"
pass "clipboard capture decodes mostly ASCII UTF-16LE text with Unicode punctuation"
capture_output=$(printf '%s' 'Text with 日本 and 😀' | iconv -f UTF-8 -t UTF-16BE | XDG_RUNTIME_DIR="$TMPDIR" XDG_STATE_HOME="$TMPDIR/state" PATH="$TMPDIR/bin:$PATH" "$ROOT/shell/plugins/clipboard/capture.sh" text)
[[ $capture_output == '{"type":"text","text":"Text with 日本 and 😀"}' ]] || fail "clipboard capture decodes mostly ASCII UTF-16BE text with Unicode characters"
pass "clipboard capture decodes mostly ASCII UTF-16BE text with Unicode characters"
capture_output=$(printf '%s' 'ABC—' | iconv -f UTF-8 -t UTF-16LE | XDG_RUNTIME_DIR="$TMPDIR" XDG_STATE_HOME="$TMPDIR/state" PATH="$TMPDIR/bin:$PATH" "$ROOT/shell/plugins/clipboard/capture.sh" text)
[[ $capture_output == '{"type":"text","text":"ABC—"}' ]] || fail "clipboard capture decodes UTF-16LE text at the padding threshold"
pass "clipboard capture decodes UTF-16LE text at the padding threshold"
printf '%s' 'ABCDEFGH————' | iconv -f UTF-8 -t UTF-16LE >"$TMPDIR/below-utf16-threshold"
expected=$(jq -cRs '{type:"text", text:.}' <"$TMPDIR/below-utf16-threshold")
capture_output=$(XDG_RUNTIME_DIR="$TMPDIR" XDG_STATE_HOME="$TMPDIR/state" PATH="$TMPDIR/bin:$PATH" "$ROOT/shell/plugins/clipboard/capture.sh" text <"$TMPDIR/below-utf16-threshold")
[[ $capture_output == "$expected" ]] || fail "clipboard capture leaves UTF-16LE text below the padding threshold undecoded" "expected: $expected\nactual: $capture_output"
pass "clipboard capture leaves UTF-16LE text below the padding threshold undecoded"
printf '%s' 'ABCĀ' | iconv -f UTF-8 -t UTF-16LE >"$TMPDIR/opposite-nul-threshold"
expected=$(jq -cRs '{type:"text", text:.}' <"$TMPDIR/opposite-nul-threshold")
capture_output=$(XDG_RUNTIME_DIR="$TMPDIR" XDG_STATE_HOME="$TMPDIR/state" PATH="$TMPDIR/bin:$PATH" "$ROOT/shell/plugins/clipboard/capture.sh" text <"$TMPDIR/opposite-nul-threshold")
[[ $capture_output == "$expected" ]] || fail "clipboard capture leaves UTF-16LE text at the opposite-byte NUL threshold undecoded" "expected: $expected\nactual: $capture_output"
pass "clipboard capture leaves UTF-16LE text at the opposite-byte NUL threshold undecoded"
capture_output=$(printf 'a\fb' | iconv -f UTF-8 -t UTF-16LE | XDG_RUNTIME_DIR="$TMPDIR" XDG_STATE_HOME="$TMPDIR/state" PATH="$TMPDIR/bin:$PATH" "$ROOT/shell/plugins/clipboard/capture.sh" text)
[[ $capture_output == '{"type":"text","text":"a\fb"}' ]] || fail "clipboard capture preserves UTF-16LE form feeds"
pass "clipboard capture preserves UTF-16LE form feeds"
# BOM-less UTF-16LE "A" is byte-identical to UTF-8 "A\0". The padding
# heuristic intentionally resolves that ambiguity as UTF-16.
capture_output=$(printf 'A' | iconv -f UTF-8 -t UTF-16LE | XDG_RUNTIME_DIR="$TMPDIR" XDG_STATE_HOME="$TMPDIR/state" PATH="$TMPDIR/bin:$PATH" "$ROOT/shell/plugins/clipboard/capture.sh" text)
[[ $capture_output == '{"type":"text","text":"A"}' ]] || fail "clipboard capture decodes exact NUL-padded UTF-16LE text"
pass "clipboard capture decodes exact NUL-padded UTF-16LE text"
@@ -327,6 +355,24 @@ assert_ambiguous_utf16_falls_back "clipboard capture leaves BOM-less UTF-16 punc
assert_ambiguous_utf16_falls_back "clipboard capture leaves BOM-less UTF-16 CJK undecoded" '日本'
assert_ambiguous_utf16_falls_back "clipboard capture leaves BOM-less UTF-16 surrogate pairs undecoded" '😀'
printf 'foo\0bar\0' >"$TMPDIR/nul-separated-utf8"
expected=$(jq -cRs '{type:"text", text:.}' <"$TMPDIR/nul-separated-utf8")
capture_output=$(XDG_RUNTIME_DIR="$TMPDIR" XDG_STATE_HOME="$TMPDIR/state" PATH="$TMPDIR/bin:$PATH" "$ROOT/shell/plugins/clipboard/capture.sh" text <"$TMPDIR/nul-separated-utf8")
[[ $capture_output == "$expected" ]] || fail "clipboard capture leaves sparse NUL-separated UTF-8 undecoded" "expected: $expected\nactual: $capture_output"
pass "clipboard capture leaves sparse NUL-separated UTF-8 undecoded"
printf 'Hello\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0' >"$TMPDIR/nul-padded-utf8"
expected=$(jq -cRs '{type:"text", text:.}' <"$TMPDIR/nul-padded-utf8")
capture_output=$(XDG_RUNTIME_DIR="$TMPDIR" XDG_STATE_HOME="$TMPDIR/state" PATH="$TMPDIR/bin:$PATH" "$ROOT/shell/plugins/clipboard/capture.sh" text <"$TMPDIR/nul-padded-utf8")
[[ $capture_output == "$expected" ]] || fail "clipboard capture leaves NUL-padded UTF-8 undecoded" "expected: $expected\nactual: $capture_output"
pass "clipboard capture leaves NUL-padded UTF-8 undecoded"
printf '\001\000\001\000\001\000\001\000' >"$TMPDIR/ambiguous-control-text"
expected=$(jq -cRs '{type:"text", text:.}' <"$TMPDIR/ambiguous-control-text")
capture_output=$(XDG_RUNTIME_DIR="$TMPDIR" XDG_STATE_HOME="$TMPDIR/state" PATH="$TMPDIR/bin:$PATH" "$ROOT/shell/plugins/clipboard/capture.sh" text <"$TMPDIR/ambiguous-control-text")
[[ $capture_output == "$expected" ]] || fail "clipboard capture leaves endian-ambiguous control text undecoded" "expected: $expected\nactual: $capture_output"
pass "clipboard capture leaves endian-ambiguous control text undecoded"
printf '\377\376\075\330' >"$TMPDIR/malformed-utf16"
expected=$(jq -cRs '{type:"text", text:.}' <"$TMPDIR/malformed-utf16")
capture_output=$(XDG_RUNTIME_DIR="$TMPDIR" XDG_STATE_HOME="$TMPDIR/state" PATH="$TMPDIR/bin:$PATH" "$ROOT/shell/plugins/clipboard/capture.sh" text <"$TMPDIR/malformed-utf16")