* strfuncs.cc (sys_cp_mbstowcs): Check if ASCII SO is followed by at

least two chars and the next byte is a valid UTF-8 start byte before
	trying to convert the followup bytes as UTF-8 sequence.

winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2009-04-01  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* strfuncs.cc (sys_cp_mbstowcs): Check if ASCII SO is followed by at
+	least two chars and the next byte is a valid UTF-8 start byte before
+	trying to convert the followup bytes as UTF-8 sequence.
+
 2009-03-31  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* shm.cc (struct shm_attached_list): Convert access type to ULONG.

winsup/cygwin/strfuncs.cc

@@ -425,8 +425,12 @@ sys_cp_mbstowcs (UINT cp, PWCHAR dst, size_t dlen, const char *src, size_t nms)
     len = (size_t)-1;
   while (len > 0 && nms > 0)
     {
-      /* ASCII SO.  Convert following UTF-8 sequence (if not UTF-8 anyway). */
+      /* ASCII SO.  Sanity check: If this is a lead SO byte for a following
-      if (*pmbs == 0x0e && *charset != 'U'/*TF-8*/)
+	 UTF-8 sequence, there must be at least two more bytes left, and the
+	 next byte must be a valid UTF-8 start byte.  If the charset isn't
+	 UTF-8 anyway, try to convert the following bytes as UTF-8 sequence. */
+      if (*pmbs == 0x0e && nms > 2 && *(unsigned char *) (pmbs + 1) >= 0xc2
+	  && *(unsigned char *) (pmbs + 1) <= 0xf4 && *charset != 'U'/*TF-8*/)
 	{
 	  pmbs++;
 	  --nms;