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1 /* base64.c -- Encode binary data using printable characters.
2 Copyright (C) 1999-2001, 2004-2006, 2009-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
7 any later version.
9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 GNU General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 along with this program; if not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
17 /* Written by Simon Josefsson. Partially adapted from GNU MailUtils
18 * (mailbox/filter_trans.c, as of 2004-11-28). Improved by review
19 * from Paul Eggert, Bruno Haible, and Stepan Kasal.
21 * See also RFC 4648 <https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4648.txt>.
23 * Be careful with error checking. Here is how you would typically
24 * use these functions:
26 * bool ok = base64_decode_alloc (in, inlen, &out, &outlen);
27 * if (!ok)
28 * FAIL: input was not valid base64
29 * if (out == NULL)
30 * FAIL: memory allocation error
31 * OK: data in OUT/OUTLEN
33 * size_t outlen = base64_encode_alloc (in, inlen, &out);
34 * if (out == NULL && outlen == 0 && inlen != 0)
35 * FAIL: input too long
36 * if (out == NULL)
37 * FAIL: memory allocation error
38 * OK: data in OUT/OUTLEN.
42 #include <config.h>
44 /* Get prototype. */
45 #include "base64.h"
47 /* Get malloc. */
48 #include <stdlib.h>
50 /* Get UCHAR_MAX. */
51 #include <limits.h>
53 #include <string.h>
55 /* C89 compliant way to cast 'char' to 'unsigned char'. */
56 static unsigned char
57 to_uchar (char ch)
59 return ch;
62 static const char b64c[64] =
63 "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/";
65 /* Base64 encode IN array of size INLEN into OUT array. OUT needs
66 to be of length >= BASE64_LENGTH(INLEN), and INLEN needs to be
67 a multiple of 3. */
68 static void
69 base64_encode_fast (const char *restrict in, size_t inlen, char *restrict out)
71 while (inlen)
73 *out++ = b64c[(to_uchar (in[0]) >> 2) & 0x3f];
74 *out++ = b64c[((to_uchar (in[0]) << 4) + (to_uchar (in[1]) >> 4)) & 0x3f];
75 *out++ = b64c[((to_uchar (in[1]) << 2) + (to_uchar (in[2]) >> 6)) & 0x3f];
76 *out++ = b64c[to_uchar (in[2]) & 0x3f];
78 inlen -= 3;
79 in += 3;
83 /* Base64 encode IN array of size INLEN into OUT array of size OUTLEN.
84 If OUTLEN is less than BASE64_LENGTH(INLEN), write as many bytes as
85 possible. If OUTLEN is larger than BASE64_LENGTH(INLEN), also zero
86 terminate the output buffer. */
87 void
88 base64_encode (const char *restrict in, size_t inlen,
89 char *restrict out, size_t outlen)
91 /* Note this outlen constraint can be enforced at compile time.
92 I.E. that the output buffer is exactly large enough to hold
93 the encoded inlen bytes. The inlen constraints (of corresponding
94 to outlen, and being a multiple of 3) can change at runtime
95 at the end of input. However the common case when reading
96 large inputs is to have both constraints satisfied, so we depend
97 on both in base_encode_fast(). */
98 if (outlen % 4 == 0 && inlen == outlen / 4 * 3)
100 base64_encode_fast (in, inlen, out);
101 return;
104 while (inlen && outlen)
106 *out++ = b64c[(to_uchar (in[0]) >> 2) & 0x3f];
107 if (!--outlen)
108 break;
109 *out++ = b64c[((to_uchar (in[0]) << 4)
110 + (--inlen ? to_uchar (in[1]) >> 4 : 0))
111 & 0x3f];
112 if (!--outlen)
113 break;
114 *out++ =
115 (inlen
116 ? b64c[((to_uchar (in[1]) << 2)
117 + (--inlen ? to_uchar (in[2]) >> 6 : 0))
118 & 0x3f]
119 : '=');
120 if (!--outlen)
121 break;
122 *out++ = inlen ? b64c[to_uchar (in[2]) & 0x3f] : '=';
123 if (!--outlen)
124 break;
125 if (inlen)
126 inlen--;
127 if (inlen)
128 in += 3;
131 if (outlen)
132 *out = '\0';
135 /* Allocate a buffer and store zero terminated base64 encoded data
136 from array IN of size INLEN, returning BASE64_LENGTH(INLEN), i.e.,
137 the length of the encoded data, excluding the terminating zero. On
138 return, the OUT variable will hold a pointer to newly allocated
139 memory that must be deallocated by the caller. If output string
140 length would overflow, 0 is returned and OUT is set to NULL. If
141 memory allocation failed, OUT is set to NULL, and the return value
142 indicates length of the requested memory block, i.e.,
143 BASE64_LENGTH(inlen) + 1. */
144 size_t
145 base64_encode_alloc (const char *in, size_t inlen, char **out)
147 size_t outlen = 1 + BASE64_LENGTH (inlen);
149 /* Check for overflow in outlen computation.
151 * If there is no overflow, outlen >= inlen.
153 * If the operation (inlen + 2) overflows then it yields at most +1, so
154 * outlen is 0.
156 * If the multiplication overflows, we lose at least half of the
157 * correct value, so the result is < ((inlen + 2) / 3) * 2, which is
158 * less than (inlen + 2) * 0.66667, which is less than inlen as soon as
159 * (inlen > 4).
161 if (inlen > outlen)
163 *out = NULL;
164 return 0;
167 *out = malloc (outlen);
168 if (!*out)
169 return outlen;
171 base64_encode (in, inlen, *out, outlen);
173 return outlen - 1;
176 /* With this approach this file works independent of the charset used
177 (think EBCDIC). However, it does assume that the characters in the
178 Base64 alphabet (A-Za-z0-9+/) are encoded in 0..255. POSIX
179 1003.1-2001 require that char and unsigned char are 8-bit
180 quantities, though, taking care of that problem. But this may be a
181 potential problem on non-POSIX C99 platforms.
183 IBM C V6 for AIX mishandles "#define B64(x) ...'x'...", so use "_"
184 as the formal parameter rather than "x". */
185 #define B64(_) \
186 ((_) == 'A' ? 0 \
187 : (_) == 'B' ? 1 \
188 : (_) == 'C' ? 2 \
189 : (_) == 'D' ? 3 \
190 : (_) == 'E' ? 4 \
191 : (_) == 'F' ? 5 \
192 : (_) == 'G' ? 6 \
193 : (_) == 'H' ? 7 \
194 : (_) == 'I' ? 8 \
195 : (_) == 'J' ? 9 \
196 : (_) == 'K' ? 10 \
197 : (_) == 'L' ? 11 \
198 : (_) == 'M' ? 12 \
199 : (_) == 'N' ? 13 \
200 : (_) == 'O' ? 14 \
201 : (_) == 'P' ? 15 \
202 : (_) == 'Q' ? 16 \
203 : (_) == 'R' ? 17 \
204 : (_) == 'S' ? 18 \
205 : (_) == 'T' ? 19 \
206 : (_) == 'U' ? 20 \
207 : (_) == 'V' ? 21 \
208 : (_) == 'W' ? 22 \
209 : (_) == 'X' ? 23 \
210 : (_) == 'Y' ? 24 \
211 : (_) == 'Z' ? 25 \
212 : (_) == 'a' ? 26 \
213 : (_) == 'b' ? 27 \
214 : (_) == 'c' ? 28 \
215 : (_) == 'd' ? 29 \
216 : (_) == 'e' ? 30 \
217 : (_) == 'f' ? 31 \
218 : (_) == 'g' ? 32 \
219 : (_) == 'h' ? 33 \
220 : (_) == 'i' ? 34 \
221 : (_) == 'j' ? 35 \
222 : (_) == 'k' ? 36 \
223 : (_) == 'l' ? 37 \
224 : (_) == 'm' ? 38 \
225 : (_) == 'n' ? 39 \
226 : (_) == 'o' ? 40 \
227 : (_) == 'p' ? 41 \
228 : (_) == 'q' ? 42 \
229 : (_) == 'r' ? 43 \
230 : (_) == 's' ? 44 \
231 : (_) == 't' ? 45 \
232 : (_) == 'u' ? 46 \
233 : (_) == 'v' ? 47 \
234 : (_) == 'w' ? 48 \
235 : (_) == 'x' ? 49 \
236 : (_) == 'y' ? 50 \
237 : (_) == 'z' ? 51 \
238 : (_) == '0' ? 52 \
239 : (_) == '1' ? 53 \
240 : (_) == '2' ? 54 \
241 : (_) == '3' ? 55 \
242 : (_) == '4' ? 56 \
243 : (_) == '5' ? 57 \
244 : (_) == '6' ? 58 \
245 : (_) == '7' ? 59 \
246 : (_) == '8' ? 60 \
247 : (_) == '9' ? 61 \
248 : (_) == '+' ? 62 \
249 : (_) == '/' ? 63 \
250 : -1)
252 static const signed char b64[0x100] = {
253 B64 (0), B64 (1), B64 (2), B64 (3),
254 B64 (4), B64 (5), B64 (6), B64 (7),
255 B64 (8), B64 (9), B64 (10), B64 (11),
256 B64 (12), B64 (13), B64 (14), B64 (15),
257 B64 (16), B64 (17), B64 (18), B64 (19),
258 B64 (20), B64 (21), B64 (22), B64 (23),
259 B64 (24), B64 (25), B64 (26), B64 (27),
260 B64 (28), B64 (29), B64 (30), B64 (31),
261 B64 (32), B64 (33), B64 (34), B64 (35),
262 B64 (36), B64 (37), B64 (38), B64 (39),
263 B64 (40), B64 (41), B64 (42), B64 (43),
264 B64 (44), B64 (45), B64 (46), B64 (47),
265 B64 (48), B64 (49), B64 (50), B64 (51),
266 B64 (52), B64 (53), B64 (54), B64 (55),
267 B64 (56), B64 (57), B64 (58), B64 (59),
268 B64 (60), B64 (61), B64 (62), B64 (63),
269 B64 (64), B64 (65), B64 (66), B64 (67),
270 B64 (68), B64 (69), B64 (70), B64 (71),
271 B64 (72), B64 (73), B64 (74), B64 (75),
272 B64 (76), B64 (77), B64 (78), B64 (79),
273 B64 (80), B64 (81), B64 (82), B64 (83),
274 B64 (84), B64 (85), B64 (86), B64 (87),
275 B64 (88), B64 (89), B64 (90), B64 (91),
276 B64 (92), B64 (93), B64 (94), B64 (95),
277 B64 (96), B64 (97), B64 (98), B64 (99),
278 B64 (100), B64 (101), B64 (102), B64 (103),
279 B64 (104), B64 (105), B64 (106), B64 (107),
280 B64 (108), B64 (109), B64 (110), B64 (111),
281 B64 (112), B64 (113), B64 (114), B64 (115),
282 B64 (116), B64 (117), B64 (118), B64 (119),
283 B64 (120), B64 (121), B64 (122), B64 (123),
284 B64 (124), B64 (125), B64 (126), B64 (127),
285 B64 (128), B64 (129), B64 (130), B64 (131),
286 B64 (132), B64 (133), B64 (134), B64 (135),
287 B64 (136), B64 (137), B64 (138), B64 (139),
288 B64 (140), B64 (141), B64 (142), B64 (143),
289 B64 (144), B64 (145), B64 (146), B64 (147),
290 B64 (148), B64 (149), B64 (150), B64 (151),
291 B64 (152), B64 (153), B64 (154), B64 (155),
292 B64 (156), B64 (157), B64 (158), B64 (159),
293 B64 (160), B64 (161), B64 (162), B64 (163),
294 B64 (164), B64 (165), B64 (166), B64 (167),
295 B64 (168), B64 (169), B64 (170), B64 (171),
296 B64 (172), B64 (173), B64 (174), B64 (175),
297 B64 (176), B64 (177), B64 (178), B64 (179),
298 B64 (180), B64 (181), B64 (182), B64 (183),
299 B64 (184), B64 (185), B64 (186), B64 (187),
300 B64 (188), B64 (189), B64 (190), B64 (191),
301 B64 (192), B64 (193), B64 (194), B64 (195),
302 B64 (196), B64 (197), B64 (198), B64 (199),
303 B64 (200), B64 (201), B64 (202), B64 (203),
304 B64 (204), B64 (205), B64 (206), B64 (207),
305 B64 (208), B64 (209), B64 (210), B64 (211),
306 B64 (212), B64 (213), B64 (214), B64 (215),
307 B64 (216), B64 (217), B64 (218), B64 (219),
308 B64 (220), B64 (221), B64 (222), B64 (223),
309 B64 (224), B64 (225), B64 (226), B64 (227),
310 B64 (228), B64 (229), B64 (230), B64 (231),
311 B64 (232), B64 (233), B64 (234), B64 (235),
312 B64 (236), B64 (237), B64 (238), B64 (239),
313 B64 (240), B64 (241), B64 (242), B64 (243),
314 B64 (244), B64 (245), B64 (246), B64 (247),
315 B64 (248), B64 (249), B64 (250), B64 (251),
316 B64 (252), B64 (253), B64 (254), B64 (255)
319 #if UCHAR_MAX == 255
320 # define uchar_in_range(c) true
321 #else
322 # define uchar_in_range(c) ((c) <= 255)
323 #endif
325 /* Return true if CH is a character from the Base64 alphabet, and
326 false otherwise. Note that '=' is padding and not considered to be
327 part of the alphabet. */
328 bool
329 isbase64 (char ch)
331 return uchar_in_range (to_uchar (ch)) && 0 <= b64[to_uchar (ch)];
334 /* Initialize decode-context buffer, CTX. */
335 void
336 base64_decode_ctx_init (struct base64_decode_context *ctx)
338 ctx->i = 0;
341 /* If CTX->i is 0 or 4, there are four or more bytes in [*IN..IN_END), and
342 none of those four is a newline, then return *IN. Otherwise, copy up to
343 4 - CTX->i non-newline bytes from that range into CTX->buf, starting at
344 index CTX->i and setting CTX->i to reflect the number of bytes copied,
345 and return CTX->buf. In either case, advance *IN to point to the byte
346 after the last one processed, and set *N_NON_NEWLINE to the number of
347 verified non-newline bytes accessible through the returned pointer. */
348 static char *
349 get_4 (struct base64_decode_context *ctx,
350 char const *restrict *in, char const *restrict in_end,
351 size_t *n_non_newline)
353 if (ctx->i == 4)
354 ctx->i = 0;
356 if (ctx->i == 0)
358 char const *t = *in;
359 if (4 <= in_end - *in && memchr (t, '\n', 4) == NULL)
361 /* This is the common case: no newline. */
362 *in += 4;
363 *n_non_newline = 4;
364 return (char *) t;
369 /* Copy non-newline bytes into BUF. */
370 char const *p = *in;
371 while (p < in_end)
373 char c = *p++;
374 if (c != '\n')
376 ctx->buf[ctx->i++] = c;
377 if (ctx->i == 4)
378 break;
382 *in = p;
383 *n_non_newline = ctx->i;
384 return ctx->buf;
388 #define return_false \
389 do \
391 *outp = out; \
392 return false; \
394 while (false)
396 /* Decode up to four bytes of base64-encoded data, IN, of length INLEN
397 into the output buffer, *OUT, of size *OUTLEN bytes. Return true if
398 decoding is successful, false otherwise. If *OUTLEN is too small,
399 as many bytes as possible are written to *OUT. On return, advance
400 *OUT to point to the byte after the last one written, and decrement
401 *OUTLEN to reflect the number of bytes remaining in *OUT. */
402 static bool
403 decode_4 (char const *restrict in, size_t inlen,
404 char *restrict *outp, size_t *outleft)
406 char *out = *outp;
407 if (inlen < 2)
408 return false;
410 if (!isbase64 (in[0]) || !isbase64 (in[1]))
411 return false;
413 if (*outleft)
415 *out++ = ((b64[to_uchar (in[0])] << 2)
416 | (b64[to_uchar (in[1])] >> 4));
417 --*outleft;
420 if (inlen == 2)
421 return_false;
423 if (in[2] == '=')
425 if (inlen != 4)
426 return_false;
428 if (in[3] != '=')
429 return_false;
431 else
433 if (!isbase64 (in[2]))
434 return_false;
436 if (*outleft)
438 *out++ = (((b64[to_uchar (in[1])] << 4) & 0xf0)
439 | (b64[to_uchar (in[2])] >> 2));
440 --*outleft;
443 if (inlen == 3)
444 return_false;
446 if (in[3] == '=')
448 if (inlen != 4)
449 return_false;
451 else
453 if (!isbase64 (in[3]))
454 return_false;
456 if (*outleft)
458 *out++ = (((b64[to_uchar (in[2])] << 6) & 0xc0)
459 | b64[to_uchar (in[3])]);
460 --*outleft;
465 *outp = out;
466 return true;
469 /* Decode base64-encoded input array IN of length INLEN to output array
470 OUT that can hold *OUTLEN bytes. The input data may be interspersed
471 with newlines. Return true if decoding was successful, i.e. if the
472 input was valid base64 data, false otherwise. If *OUTLEN is too
473 small, as many bytes as possible will be written to OUT. On return,
474 *OUTLEN holds the length of decoded bytes in OUT. Note that as soon
475 as any non-alphabet, non-newline character is encountered, decoding
476 is stopped and false is returned. If INLEN is zero, then process
477 only whatever data is stored in CTX.
479 Initially, CTX must have been initialized via base64_decode_ctx_init.
480 Subsequent calls to this function must reuse whatever state is recorded
481 in that buffer. It is necessary for when a quadruple of base64 input
482 bytes spans two input buffers.
484 If CTX is NULL then newlines are treated as garbage and the input
485 buffer is processed as a unit. */
487 bool
488 base64_decode_ctx (struct base64_decode_context *ctx,
489 const char *restrict in, size_t inlen,
490 char *restrict out, size_t *outlen)
492 size_t outleft = *outlen;
493 bool ignore_newlines = ctx != NULL;
494 bool flush_ctx = false;
495 unsigned int ctx_i = 0;
497 if (ignore_newlines)
499 ctx_i = ctx->i;
500 flush_ctx = inlen == 0;
504 while (true)
506 size_t outleft_save = outleft;
507 if (ctx_i == 0 && !flush_ctx)
509 while (true)
511 /* Save a copy of outleft, in case we need to re-parse this
512 block of four bytes. */
513 outleft_save = outleft;
514 if (!decode_4 (in, inlen, &out, &outleft))
515 break;
517 in += 4;
518 inlen -= 4;
522 if (inlen == 0 && !flush_ctx)
523 break;
525 /* Handle the common case of 72-byte wrapped lines.
526 This also handles any other multiple-of-4-byte wrapping. */
527 if (inlen && *in == '\n' && ignore_newlines)
529 ++in;
530 --inlen;
531 continue;
534 /* Restore OUT and OUTLEFT. */
535 out -= outleft_save - outleft;
536 outleft = outleft_save;
539 char const *in_end = in + inlen;
540 char const *non_nl;
542 if (ignore_newlines)
543 non_nl = get_4 (ctx, &in, in_end, &inlen);
544 else
545 non_nl = in; /* Might have nl in this case. */
547 /* If the input is empty or consists solely of newlines (0 non-newlines),
548 then we're done. Likewise if there are fewer than 4 bytes when not
549 flushing context and not treating newlines as garbage. */
550 if (inlen == 0 || (inlen < 4 && !flush_ctx && ignore_newlines))
552 inlen = 0;
553 break;
555 if (!decode_4 (non_nl, inlen, &out, &outleft))
556 break;
558 inlen = in_end - in;
562 *outlen -= outleft;
564 return inlen == 0;
567 /* Allocate an output buffer in *OUT, and decode the base64 encoded
568 data stored in IN of size INLEN to the *OUT buffer. On return, the
569 size of the decoded data is stored in *OUTLEN. OUTLEN may be NULL,
570 if the caller is not interested in the decoded length. *OUT may be
571 NULL to indicate an out of memory error, in which case *OUTLEN
572 contains the size of the memory block needed. The function returns
573 true on successful decoding and memory allocation errors. (Use the
574 *OUT and *OUTLEN parameters to differentiate between successful
575 decoding and memory error.) The function returns false if the
576 input was invalid, in which case *OUT is NULL and *OUTLEN is
577 undefined. */
578 bool
579 base64_decode_alloc_ctx (struct base64_decode_context *ctx,
580 const char *in, size_t inlen, char **out,
581 size_t *outlen)
583 /* This may allocate a few bytes too many, depending on input,
584 but it's not worth the extra CPU time to compute the exact size.
585 The exact size is 3 * (inlen + (ctx ? ctx->i : 0)) / 4, minus 1 if the
586 input ends with "=" and minus another 1 if the input ends with "==".
587 Dividing before multiplying avoids the possibility of overflow. */
588 size_t needlen = 3 * (inlen / 4) + 3;
590 *out = malloc (needlen);
591 if (!*out)
592 return true;
594 if (!base64_decode_ctx (ctx, in, inlen, *out, &needlen))
596 free (*out);
597 *out = NULL;
598 return false;
601 if (outlen)
602 *outlen = needlen;
604 return true;