fix-double-parsing.patch

Author: cdunn2001

src/lib_json/json_reader.cpp

@@ -1477,33 +1477,9 @@ bool OurReader::decodeDouble(Token& token) {
 
 bool OurReader::decodeDouble(Token& token, Value& decoded) {
   double value = 0;
-  const int bufferSize = 32;
-  int count;
-  int length = int(token.end_ - token.start_);
-
-  // Sanity check to avoid buffer overflow exploits.
-  if (length < 0) {
-    return addError("Unable to parse token length", token);
-  }
-
-  // Avoid using a string constant for the format control string given to
-  // sscanf, as this can cause hard to debug crashes on OS X. See here for more
-  // info:
-  //
-  //     http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#DOCUMENTATION/DeveloperTools/gcc-4.0.1/gcc/Incompatibilities.html
-  char format[] = "%lf";
-
-  if (length <= bufferSize) {
-    Char buffer[bufferSize + 1];
-    memcpy(buffer, token.start_, length);
-    buffer[length] = 0;
-    count = sscanf(buffer, format, &value);
-  } else {
-    std::string buffer(token.start_, token.end_);
-    count = sscanf(buffer.c_str(), format, &value);
-  }
-
-  if (count != 1)
+  std::string buffer( token.start_, token.end_ );
+  std::istringstream is(buffer);
+  if (!(is >> value))
     return addError("'" + std::string(token.start_, token.end_) +
                         "' is not a number.",
                     token);