X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/apt.git/blobdiff_plain/0fb16c3e678044d6d06ba8a6199b1e96487ee0d8..5ac0f77c5575dc06bfc0db383da984c96ce284b9:/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc

diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
index 66b0078dc..cf8feb970 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
@@ -1171,10 +1171,11 @@ bool Base256ToNum(const char *Str,unsigned long long &Res,unsigned int Len)
    tar files */
 bool Base256ToNum(const char *Str,unsigned long &Res,unsigned int Len)
 {
-   unsigned long long Num;
+   unsigned long long Num = 0;
    bool rc;
 
    rc = Base256ToNum(Str, Num, Len);
+   // rudimentary check for overflow (Res = ulong, Num = ulonglong)
    Res = Num;
    if (Res != Num)
       return false;