[New-bugs-announce] [issue7458] crash in str.find() and str.rfind() with invalid start value

[STINNER Victor]

New submission from STINNER Victor <victor.stinner at haypocalc.com>:

str.find() and str.rfind() reads non initialized memory (using
memcmp()) if start is bigger than end.

Attached patch fixes the issue and includes a patch.

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components: Interpreter Core
messages: 96117
nosy: haypo
severity: normal
status: open
title: crash in str.find() and str.rfind() with invalid start value
versions: Python 2.7

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