linkedin / linkedin/URL-Detector

Long run of periods causes detect() to throw NegativeArraySizeException "Backtracked max amount of characters. Endless loop detected."

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Description

String text = ".............:::::::::::;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;::...............................................:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::...................."; UrlDetector d = new UrlDetector(text, UrlDetectorOptions.Default); d.detect();

Running this will throw
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NegativeArraySizeException: Backtracked max amount of characters. Endless loop detected. Bad Text: ':...............................................:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::....................' at com.linkedin.urls.detection.InputTextReader.checkBacktrackLoop(InputTextReader.java:144) at com.linkedin.urls.detection.InputTextReader.seek(InputTextReader.java:120) at com.linkedin.urls.detection.UrlDetector.readUserPass(UrlDetector.java:511) at com.linkedin.urls.detection.UrlDetector.readScheme(UrlDetector.java:458) at com.linkedin.urls.detection.UrlDetector.processColon(UrlDetector.java:293) at com.linkedin.urls.detection.UrlDetector.readDefault(UrlDetector.java:253) at com.linkedin.urls.detection.UrlDetector.detect(UrlDetector.java:142) at Main.main(Main.java:82) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) at com.intellij.rt.execution.application.AppMain.main(AppMain.java:147)

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Run the supplied Java reproduction and trace the failing path through InputTextReader.java and UrlDetector.java, starting at detect() and the reported checkBacktrackLoop() call. Done means the input no longer causes NegativeArraySizeException when detect() runs; the issue does not specify the expected detection result.

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Tech stack
java
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
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3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
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Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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