#1041209 kakasi: endless loop with certain input

Package:
kakasi
Source:
kakasi
Description:
KAnji KAna Simple Inverter
Submitter:
Marc Lehmann
Date:
2023-07-15 17:09:04 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1041209#5
Date:
2023-07-15 17:07:07 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

when running kakasi -i utf8 -w, this input:

   ～ｳﾞｨｰﾊﾞﾃﾞヲﾝｻﾞﾋﾞｰ～

results in an endless loop and infinite output. reproducer:

   perl -e 'print pack "H*", "efbd9eefbdb3efbe9eefbda8efbdb0efbe8aefbe9eefbe83efbe9ee383b2efbe9defbdbbefbe9eefbe8befbe9eefbdb0efbd9e"'|kakasi -i utf8 -w