1 /* base64.c -- Encode binary data using printable characters.
2 Copyright (C) 1999-2001, 2004-2006, 2009-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This file is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
6 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the
7 License, or (at your option) any later version.
9 This file 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser 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);
28 * FAIL: input was not valid base64
30 * FAIL: memory allocation error
31 * OK: data in OUT/OUTLEN
33 * idx_t outlen = base64_encode_alloc (in, inlen, &out);
34 * if (out == NULL && outlen == 0 && inlen != 0)
35 * FAIL: input too long
37 * FAIL: memory allocation error
38 * OK: data in OUT/OUTLEN.
45 #define BASE64_INLINE _GL_EXTERN_INLINE
55 /* Convert 'char' to 'unsigned char' without casting. */
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
69 base64_encode_fast (const char *restrict in
, idx_t inlen
, char *restrict out
)
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];
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. */
88 base64_encode (const char *restrict in
, idx_t inlen
,
89 char *restrict out
, idx_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
>> 2) * 3)
100 base64_encode_fast (in
, inlen
, out
);
104 while (inlen
&& outlen
)
106 *out
++ = b64c
[(to_uchar (in
[0]) >> 2) & 0x3f];
109 *out
++ = b64c
[((to_uchar (in
[0]) << 4)
110 + (--inlen
? to_uchar (in
[1]) >> 4 : 0))
116 ? b64c
[((to_uchar (in
[1]) << 2)
117 + (--inlen
? to_uchar (in
[2]) >> 6 : 0))
122 *out
++ = inlen
? b64c
[to_uchar (in
[2]) & 0x3f] : '=';
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. */
145 base64_encode_alloc (const char *in
, idx_t inlen
, char **out
)
147 /* Check for overflow in outlen computation.
148 Treat negative INLEN as overflow, for better compatibility with
149 pre-2021-08-27 API, which used size_t. */
150 idx_t in_over_3
= inlen
/ 3 + (inlen
% 3 != 0), outlen
;
151 if (! INT_MULTIPLY_OK (in_over_3
, 4, &outlen
) || inlen
< 0)
158 *out
= imalloc (outlen
);
162 base64_encode (in
, inlen
, *out
, outlen
);
167 /* With this approach this file works independent of the charset used
168 (think EBCDIC). However, it does assume that the characters in the
169 Base64 alphabet (A-Za-z0-9+/) are encoded in 0..255. POSIX
170 1003.1-2001 require that char and unsigned char are 8-bit
171 quantities, though, taking care of that problem. But this may be a
172 potential problem on non-POSIX C99 platforms.
174 IBM C V6 for AIX mishandles "#define B64(x) ...'x'...", so use "_"
175 as the formal parameter rather than "x". */
243 signed char const base64_to_int
[256] = {
244 B64 (0), B64 (1), B64 (2), B64 (3),
245 B64 (4), B64 (5), B64 (6), B64 (7),
246 B64 (8), B64 (9), B64 (10), B64 (11),
247 B64 (12), B64 (13), B64 (14), B64 (15),
248 B64 (16), B64 (17), B64 (18), B64 (19),
249 B64 (20), B64 (21), B64 (22), B64 (23),
250 B64 (24), B64 (25), B64 (26), B64 (27),
251 B64 (28), B64 (29), B64 (30), B64 (31),
252 B64 (32), B64 (33), B64 (34), B64 (35),
253 B64 (36), B64 (37), B64 (38), B64 (39),
254 B64 (40), B64 (41), B64 (42), B64 (43),
255 B64 (44), B64 (45), B64 (46), B64 (47),
256 B64 (48), B64 (49), B64 (50), B64 (51),
257 B64 (52), B64 (53), B64 (54), B64 (55),
258 B64 (56), B64 (57), B64 (58), B64 (59),
259 B64 (60), B64 (61), B64 (62), B64 (63),
260 B64 (64), B64 (65), B64 (66), B64 (67),
261 B64 (68), B64 (69), B64 (70), B64 (71),
262 B64 (72), B64 (73), B64 (74), B64 (75),
263 B64 (76), B64 (77), B64 (78), B64 (79),
264 B64 (80), B64 (81), B64 (82), B64 (83),
265 B64 (84), B64 (85), B64 (86), B64 (87),
266 B64 (88), B64 (89), B64 (90), B64 (91),
267 B64 (92), B64 (93), B64 (94), B64 (95),
268 B64 (96), B64 (97), B64 (98), B64 (99),
269 B64 (100), B64 (101), B64 (102), B64 (103),
270 B64 (104), B64 (105), B64 (106), B64 (107),
271 B64 (108), B64 (109), B64 (110), B64 (111),
272 B64 (112), B64 (113), B64 (114), B64 (115),
273 B64 (116), B64 (117), B64 (118), B64 (119),
274 B64 (120), B64 (121), B64 (122), B64 (123),
275 B64 (124), B64 (125), B64 (126), B64 (127),
276 B64 (128), B64 (129), B64 (130), B64 (131),
277 B64 (132), B64 (133), B64 (134), B64 (135),
278 B64 (136), B64 (137), B64 (138), B64 (139),
279 B64 (140), B64 (141), B64 (142), B64 (143),
280 B64 (144), B64 (145), B64 (146), B64 (147),
281 B64 (148), B64 (149), B64 (150), B64 (151),
282 B64 (152), B64 (153), B64 (154), B64 (155),
283 B64 (156), B64 (157), B64 (158), B64 (159),
284 B64 (160), B64 (161), B64 (162), B64 (163),
285 B64 (164), B64 (165), B64 (166), B64 (167),
286 B64 (168), B64 (169), B64 (170), B64 (171),
287 B64 (172), B64 (173), B64 (174), B64 (175),
288 B64 (176), B64 (177), B64 (178), B64 (179),
289 B64 (180), B64 (181), B64 (182), B64 (183),
290 B64 (184), B64 (185), B64 (186), B64 (187),
291 B64 (188), B64 (189), B64 (190), B64 (191),
292 B64 (192), B64 (193), B64 (194), B64 (195),
293 B64 (196), B64 (197), B64 (198), B64 (199),
294 B64 (200), B64 (201), B64 (202), B64 (203),
295 B64 (204), B64 (205), B64 (206), B64 (207),
296 B64 (208), B64 (209), B64 (210), B64 (211),
297 B64 (212), B64 (213), B64 (214), B64 (215),
298 B64 (216), B64 (217), B64 (218), B64 (219),
299 B64 (220), B64 (221), B64 (222), B64 (223),
300 B64 (224), B64 (225), B64 (226), B64 (227),
301 B64 (228), B64 (229), B64 (230), B64 (231),
302 B64 (232), B64 (233), B64 (234), B64 (235),
303 B64 (236), B64 (237), B64 (238), B64 (239),
304 B64 (240), B64 (241), B64 (242), B64 (243),
305 B64 (244), B64 (245), B64 (246), B64 (247),
306 B64 (248), B64 (249), B64 (250), B64 (251),
307 B64 (252), B64 (253), B64 (254), B64 (255)
310 /* If CTX->i is 0 or 4, there are four or more bytes in [*IN..IN_END), and
311 none of those four is a newline, then return *IN. Otherwise, copy up to
312 4 - CTX->i non-newline bytes from that range into CTX->buf, starting at
313 index CTX->i and setting CTX->i to reflect the number of bytes copied,
314 and return CTX->buf. In either case, advance *IN to point to the byte
315 after the last one processed, and set *N_NON_NEWLINE to the number of
316 verified non-newline bytes accessible through the returned pointer. */
318 get_4 (struct base64_decode_context
*ctx
,
319 char const *restrict
*in
, char const *restrict in_end
,
320 idx_t
*n_non_newline
)
328 if (4 <= in_end
- *in
&& memchr (t
, '\n', 4) == NULL
)
330 /* This is the common case: no newline. */
338 /* Copy non-newline bytes into BUF. */
345 ctx
->buf
[ctx
->i
++] = c
;
352 *n_non_newline
= ctx
->i
;
357 #define return_false \
365 /* Decode up to four bytes of base64-encoded data, IN, of length INLEN
366 into the output buffer, *OUT, of size *OUTLEN bytes. Return true if
367 decoding is successful, false otherwise. If *OUTLEN is too small,
368 as many bytes as possible are written to *OUT. On return, advance
369 *OUT to point to the byte after the last one written, and decrement
370 *OUTLEN to reflect the number of bytes remaining in *OUT. */
372 decode_4 (char const *restrict in
, idx_t inlen
,
373 char *restrict
*outp
, idx_t
*outleft
)
379 if (!isbase64 (in
[0]) || !isbase64 (in
[1]))
384 *out
++ = ((base64_to_int
[to_uchar (in
[0])] << 2)
385 | (base64_to_int
[to_uchar (in
[1])] >> 4));
400 /* Reject non-canonical encodings. */
401 if (base64_to_int
[to_uchar (in
[1])] & 0x0f)
406 if (!isbase64 (in
[2]))
411 *out
++ = (((base64_to_int
[to_uchar (in
[1])] << 4) & 0xf0)
412 | (base64_to_int
[to_uchar (in
[2])] >> 2));
424 /* Reject non-canonical encodings. */
425 if (base64_to_int
[to_uchar (in
[2])] & 0x03)
430 if (!isbase64 (in
[3]))
435 *out
++ = (((base64_to_int
[to_uchar (in
[2])] << 6) & 0xc0)
436 | base64_to_int
[to_uchar (in
[3])]);
446 /* Decode base64-encoded input array IN of length INLEN to output array
447 OUT that can hold *OUTLEN bytes. The input data may be interspersed
448 with newlines. Return true if decoding was successful, i.e. if the
449 input was valid base64 data, false otherwise. If *OUTLEN is too
450 small, as many bytes as possible will be written to OUT. On return,
451 *OUTLEN holds the length of decoded bytes in OUT. Note that as soon
452 as any non-alphabet, non-newline character is encountered, decoding
453 is stopped and false is returned. If INLEN is zero, then process
454 only whatever data is stored in CTX.
456 Initially, CTX must have been initialized via base64_decode_ctx_init.
457 Subsequent calls to this function must reuse whatever state is recorded
458 in that buffer. It is necessary for when a quadruple of base64 input
459 bytes spans two input buffers.
461 If CTX is NULL then newlines are treated as garbage and the input
462 buffer is processed as a unit. */
465 base64_decode_ctx (struct base64_decode_context
*ctx
,
466 const char *restrict in
, idx_t inlen
,
467 char *restrict out
, idx_t
*outlen
)
469 idx_t outleft
= *outlen
;
470 bool ignore_newlines
= ctx
!= NULL
;
471 bool flush_ctx
= false;
472 unsigned int ctx_i
= 0;
477 flush_ctx
= inlen
== 0;
483 idx_t outleft_save
= outleft
;
484 if (ctx_i
== 0 && !flush_ctx
)
488 /* Save a copy of outleft, in case we need to re-parse this
489 block of four bytes. */
490 outleft_save
= outleft
;
491 if (!decode_4 (in
, inlen
, &out
, &outleft
))
499 if (inlen
== 0 && !flush_ctx
)
502 /* Handle the common case of 72-byte wrapped lines.
503 This also handles any other multiple-of-4-byte wrapping. */
504 if (inlen
&& *in
== '\n' && ignore_newlines
)
511 /* Restore OUT and OUTLEFT. */
512 out
-= outleft_save
- outleft
;
513 outleft
= outleft_save
;
516 char const *in_end
= in
+ inlen
;
520 non_nl
= get_4 (ctx
, &in
, in_end
, &inlen
);
522 non_nl
= in
; /* Might have nl in this case. */
524 /* If the input is empty or consists solely of newlines (0 non-newlines),
525 then we're done. Likewise if there are fewer than 4 bytes when not
526 flushing context and not treating newlines as garbage. */
527 if (inlen
== 0 || (inlen
< 4 && !flush_ctx
&& ignore_newlines
))
532 if (!decode_4 (non_nl
, inlen
, &out
, &outleft
))
544 /* Allocate an output buffer in *OUT, and decode the base64 encoded
545 data stored in IN of size INLEN to the *OUT buffer. On return, the
546 size of the decoded data is stored in *OUTLEN. OUTLEN may be NULL,
547 if the caller is not interested in the decoded length. *OUT may be
548 NULL to indicate an out of memory error, in which case *OUTLEN
549 contains the size of the memory block needed. The function returns
550 true on successful decoding and memory allocation errors. (Use the
551 *OUT and *OUTLEN parameters to differentiate between successful
552 decoding and memory error.) The function returns false if the
553 input was invalid, in which case *OUT is NULL and *OUTLEN is
556 base64_decode_alloc_ctx (struct base64_decode_context
*ctx
,
557 const char *in
, idx_t inlen
, char **out
,
560 /* This may allocate a few bytes too many, depending on input,
561 but it's not worth the extra CPU time to compute the exact size.
562 The exact size is 3 * (inlen + (ctx ? ctx->i : 0)) / 4, minus 1 if the
563 input ends with "=" and minus another 1 if the input ends with "==".
564 Shifting before multiplying avoids the possibility of overflow. */
565 idx_t needlen
= 3 * ((inlen
>> 2) + 1);
567 *out
= imalloc (needlen
);
571 if (!base64_decode_ctx (ctx
, in
, inlen
, *out
, &needlen
))