Check base64 output length before encoding and cover btoa, StringDecoder at the 2 GiB string limit

src/runtime/webcore/encoding.rs

@@ -444,6 +444,13 @@ fn encode_base64_to_bun_string(input: &[u8], url_safe: bool) -> BunString {
         bun_base64::encode_len(input)
     };
 
+    // An over-MaxLength output can never become a string; fail here instead of
+    // allocating and encoding `to_len` bytes first (the create_* constructors
+    // re-check, and callers surface Dead as ERR_STRING_TOO_LONG).
+    if to_len > BunString::max_length() {
+        return BunString::dead();
+    }
+
     if to_len < EXTERNAL_MIN_LEN {
         let (str, chars) = BunString::create_uninitialized_latin1(to_len);
         if str.is_dead() {

test/js/node/string_decoder/string-decoder.test.js

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "bun:test";
 import { bunEnv, bunExe, isASAN, isDebug, withoutAggressiveGC } from "harness";
+import os from "node:os";
 
 const RealStringDecoder = require("string_decoder").StringDecoder;
 
@@ -421,3 +422,47 @@ it(
   // Allocating a 2 GiB buffer under debug/ASAN is slow even when lazily committed.
   isDebug || isASAN ? 60_000 : undefined,
 );
+
+// Output lengths above WTF::StringImpl::MaxLength (2^31 - 1) used to trip a
+// RELEASE_ASSERT and abort the process instead of throwing. Runs in a
+// subprocess because of the multi-GiB peak; skips on small machines (same
+// gate as blob-oom.test.ts).
+describe.skipIf(os.totalmem() < 10 * 1024 ** 3)("write() at the 2 GiB string limit", () => {
+  it(
+    "throws ERR_STRING_TOO_LONG for base64 and hex instead of aborting",
+    async () => {
+      const src = `
+        const { StringDecoder } = require("string_decoder");
+        const report = e => ({ name: e.name, code: e.code, message: e.message });
+        const results = [];
+        // 1610612736 = 3 * 2^29: base64 output is (len / 3) * 4 = 2147483648 = 2^31,
+        // hex output is len * 2 = 3221225472; both exceed 2^31 - 1.
+        const buf = Buffer.alloc(1610612736);
+        for (const encoding of ["base64", "hex"]) {
+          try {
+            results.push({ unexpectedLength: new StringDecoder(encoding).write(buf).length });
+          } catch (e) {
+            results.push(report(e));
+          }
+        }
+        console.log(JSON.stringify(results));
+      `;
+      await using proc = Bun.spawn({
+        cmd: [bunExe(), "-e", src],
+        env: bunEnv,
+        stdout: "pipe",
+        stderr: "pipe",
+      });
+      const [stdout, stderr, exitCode] = await Promise.all([proc.stdout.text(), proc.stderr.text(), proc.exited]);
+      const tooLong = {
+        name: "Error",
+        code: "ERR_STRING_TOO_LONG",
+        message: "Cannot create a string longer than 2147483647 characters",
+      };
+      expect(JSON.parse(stdout.trim() || JSON.stringify({ stdout, stderr, exitCode }))).toEqual([tooLong, tooLong]);
+      expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
+    },
+    // Allocating multi-GiB buffers under debug/ASAN is slow.
+    isDebug || isASAN ? 60_000 : undefined,
+  );
+});

test/js/web/util/atob.test.js

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-import { expect, it } from "bun:test";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "bun:test";
+import { bunEnv, bunExe } from "harness";
+import os from "node:os";
 
 function expectInvalidCharacters(val) {
   expect(() => atob(val)).toThrow("The string contains invalid characters.");
@@ -67,3 +69,68 @@
   expect(btoa("\u0080\u0081")).toBe("gIE=");
   expect(btoa(Bun)).toBe(btoa("[object Bun]"));
 });
+
+// btoa output lengths above WTF::StringImpl::MaxLength (2^31 - 1) used to trip
+// a RELEASE_ASSERT and abort the process instead of throwing. These need real
+// multi-GiB peaks, so each case runs in a subprocess and the block skips on
+// small machines (same gate as blob-oom.test.ts).
+describe.skipIf(os.totalmem() < 10 * 1024 ** 3)("btoa at the 2 GiB string limit", () => {
+  // Building and encoding multi-GiB strings is slow under debug/ASAN.
+  const timeout = 90_000;
+
+  it(
+    "throws ERR_STRING_TOO_LONG when the output would exceed 2^31 - 1 characters",
+    async () => {
+      await using proc = Bun.spawn({
+        cmd: [
+          bunExe(),
+          "-e",
+          `
+          // base64 output = ceil(1610612734 / 3) * 4 = 2147483648 = 2^31
+          const input = Buffer.alloc(1610612734, 0x61).toString();
+          try {
+            console.log(JSON.stringify({ unexpectedLength: btoa(input).length }));
+          } catch (e) {
+            console.log(JSON.stringify({ name: e.name, code: e.code, message: e.message }));
+          }
+          `,
+        ],
+        env: bunEnv,
+        stdout: "pipe",
+        stderr: "pipe",
+      });
+      const [stdout, stderr, exitCode] = await Promise.all([proc.stdout.text(), proc.stderr.text(), proc.exited]);
+      expect(JSON.parse(stdout.trim() || JSON.stringify({ stdout, stderr, exitCode }))).toEqual({
+        name: "Error",
+        code: "ERR_STRING_TOO_LONG",
+        message: "Cannot create a string longer than 2147483647 characters",
+      });
+      expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
+    },
+    timeout,
+  );
+
+  it(
+    "still encodes the largest input whose output fits",
+    async () => {
+      await using proc = Bun.spawn({
+        cmd: [
+          bunExe(),
+          "-e",
+          `
+          // base64 output = (1610612733 / 3) * 4 = 2147483644 <= 2^31 - 1
+          const input = Buffer.alloc(1610612733, 0x61).toString();
+          console.log(JSON.stringify({ length: btoa(input).length }));
+          `,
+        ],
+        env: bunEnv,
+        stdout: "pipe",
+        stderr: "pipe",
+      });
+      const [stdout, stderr, exitCode] = await Promise.all([proc.stdout.text(), proc.stderr.text(), proc.exited]);
+      expect(JSON.parse(stdout.trim() || JSON.stringify({ stdout, stderr, exitCode }))).toEqual({ length: 2147483644 });
+      expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
+    },
+    timeout,
+  );
+});