Do not try to put more in command message than will fit when sending

(the server will treat as a fatal error). GitHub issue 1200.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/client.c b/client.c
index 743ed33a..0a5abf32 100644
--- a/client.c
+++ b/client.c
@@ -337,6 +337,10 @@ client_main(struct event_base *base, int argc, char **argv, int flags)
 		size = 0;
 		for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
 			size += strlen(argv[i]) + 1;
+		if (size > MAX_IMSGSIZE - (sizeof *data)) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "command too long\n");
+			return (1);
+		}
 		data = xmalloc((sizeof *data) + size);
 
 		/* Prepare command for server. */