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Ticket Hash: c3c733e21f7af25e4e7da3c0eaef4d43809608f7
Title: Notepad++ crashes after calling of Decode JS functionality
Status: Verified Type: Incident
Severity: Critical Priority: High
Subsystem: JS en-/decoding Resolution: Open
Last Modified: 2020-04-21 08:33:51
6.43 years ago
Created: 2019-07-09 07:36:58
7.22 years ago
Version Found In: v1.1.0 (64-bits)
User Comments:
anonymous added on 2019-07-09 07:36:58: <verbatim-71cf022e8988b1f2dc2b links>Problem description: Notepad++ is always crashing after calling functionality of Decode JS provided by the plugin. This is probably problem of latest version because this functionality was heavily used before without any problem.

Example text: U\u017Eivatel m\u00e1 zablokovan\u00fd \u00fa\u010det.

HTMLTag plugin version: 1.1.0.0 (64-bit)

Notepad++ version: 7.7.1 (64-bit)</verbatim-71cf022e8988b1f2dc2b>


tinus added on 2019-09-11 05:57:23: <verbatim-cc2a29ed14e2715339c1 links>That's always worked correctly; I presume it’s a problem with the 64-bits version of the plugin. I’ll see what I can find.</verbatim-cc2a29ed14e2715339c1>

tinus added on 2019-09-11 18:27:04: <verbatim-964e4cd645982fa78fb7 links>Hm... It's not crashing here, with the exact same text. What other plugins have you got installed?</verbatim-964e4cd645982fa78fb7>

anonymous added on 2019-11-11 01:15:31: <verbatim-dbef4ba0b039db164b85 links>@tinus The bug only happens in Notepad 7.7 onwards. Notepad 7.6.x works fine. The bug is pretty serious, using the JS Decode option will increase RAM usage exponentially (many gigabytes) in a few seconds (checked with task manager).

Testcase - In an blank document, type the following string: \u0048\u0065\u006c\u006c\u006f! - Use the JS Decode option. - If using version 7.6.x it'll decode to "Hello!". - If using version 7.7/7.8 Notepad++ will hang and it'll eat all the RAM until the computer also hangs.

Using Windows 10 LTSC x64, Notepad++ x64 as well. No other plugins other than default.</verbatim-dbef4ba0b039db164b85>


anonymous added on 2020-04-21 08:33:51: <verbatim-4c0a49e2cebc8dc114f6 links>Can confirm.

HTMLTag plugin 1.1 (64-bit)

Windows 10 64b Notepad++ version: 7.8.2 (64-bit)

Same behaviour as above: Sample text: S\u00f8rskagvegen Click on "Decode JS", RAM is used up and Notepad becomes unresponsive and quits.</verbatim-4c0a49e2cebc8dc114f6>