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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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Subject: Re: BUG #17935: Incorrect memory access in fuzzystrmatch/difference()
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PG Bug reporting form <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:
> In this case, _soundex() exits prematurely and sets only first and last
> char
> of it's parameter outstr, but difference() loops through SOUNDEX_LEN
> chars,
> and thus uses initialized data.

Yup, that's pretty sloppy, will fix.

			regards, tom lane