1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/lineedit.c b/libbb/lineedit.c
index c0e35bb21..56e81404e 100644
--- a/libbb/lineedit.c
+++ b/libbb/lineedit.c
@@ -645,6 +645,18 @@ static void free_tab_completion_data(void)
 
 static void add_match(char *matched)
 {
+        unsigned char *p = (unsigned char*)matched;
+        while (*p) {
+                /* ESC attack fix: drop any string with control chars */
+                if (*p < ' '
+                 || (!ENABLE_UNICODE_SUPPORT && *p >= 0x7f)
+                 || (ENABLE_UNICODE_SUPPORT && *p == 0x7f)
+                ) {
+                        free(matched);
+                        return;
+                }
+                p++;
+        }
         matches = xrealloc_vector(matches, 4, num_matches);
         matches[num_matches] = matched;
         num_matches++;