[New-bugs-announce] [issue18461] X Error in tkinter

[Serhiy Storchaka]

New submission from Serhiy Storchaka:

When run Tools/demo/ss1.py under Linux and enter the formula "='0'*0x1000", the application will crash with the following message:

X Error of failed request:  BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  53 (X_CreatePixmap)
  Serial number of failed request:  1025
  Current serial number in output stream:  1100

Any multiplier between 0x1000 and 0x1fff crashes. With multipliers >= 0x2000 only the number of zeros over 0x2000 is displayed. Multiplier between 0x3000 and 0x3fff crashes again.

Hint: The width of '0' in the used font is  8 pixels. 0x2000 * 8 = 2**16. If the width of cell is a 16-bit signed integer, it is negative for the number of zeros between 0x1000 and 0x1fff and wrapped after 0x2000 zeros.

It may be a bug either in Tkinter, in Tk, or in X Window.

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components: Tkinter
messages: 193097
nosy: gpolo, serhiy.storchaka
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: X Error in tkinter
type: crash

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