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AnyhowStep avatar AnyhowStep commented on July 1, 2024

Okay, after reading the code some more, I think get what's going on.

parseCharset(str, i) takes a str of the following formats,

utf-8
iso-8859-1;q=0.5
*;q=0.1

The interesting bit is when we have the "quality value" specified (q=<number>).
https://github.com/jshttp/negotiator/blob/master/lib/charset.js#L60

        //Replaced `const` with `var` to show that those values do not change
        const params = match[2].split(';')
        //This `var i` is problematic
        //It is only ever used as a loop index to access `params[i]`
        //However, we accidentally overwrite *parameter* `i`, this is very likely unintentional
        for (var i = 0; i < params.length; i ++) {
            const p = params[i].trim().split('=');
            if (p[0] === 'q') {
                q = parseFloat(p[1]);
                break;
            }
        }

So, the i value being changed seems like a bug.

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AnyhowStep avatar AnyhowStep commented on July 1, 2024

With the above bug, it's possible for me to craft a header that breaks preferredCharsets(),

//Notice the double semi-colon, "first;;q"
preferredCharsets("first;;q=1,second;q=1,third")

Expected,

["first", "second", "third"]

Actual,

["second", "first", "third"]

Of course, in practice, I don't think anyone would craft such a header.


There are other headers that end up relying on Array.sort() being stable (This is not guaranteed!),

parseAcceptCharset("first;q=0.1,second;q=0.1,third")
[
  {
    "charset": "first",
    "q": 0.1,
    "i": 0
  },
  {
    "charset": "second",
    "q": 0.1,
    "i": 0
  },
  {
    "charset": "third",
    "q": 1,
    "i": 2
  }
]

If we were to run sort() with compareSpecs() on the array, it's possible for "first" and "second" to be switched around because compareSpecs() would return 0.

However, since Array.sort() seems to be stable in most environments, we don't notice the bug as much.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3026281/what-is-the-stability-of-the-array-sort-method-in-different-browsers

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dougwilson avatar dougwilson commented on July 1, 2024

Thanks for the report. The first bug you found is also resulting in the sort instability as well. The i property is what keeps the sort stable, as long as it is actually not getting altered in that for loop. I have a fix.

If I'm misunderstanding you on the sort issue, though, please take a look at the commit that closed this issue and if you don't think that fixes the sort issue, if you can provide some reproduction steps based on the current master branch, I can get a fix for that too 👍

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AnyhowStep avatar AnyhowStep commented on July 1, 2024

Just tested and your commit fixes everything. Thank you for handling this so quickly!

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