X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/apt.git/blobdiff_plain/6a68315e938eb2611806658828ecea86805822e7..6dc85f53d92b9763a1509a6472227c54bc70b01d:/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;