fail on bad base64 POST data

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fbench/src/fbench/client.cpp b/fbench/src/fbench/client.cpp
index f3e6fba2cf1..b78f96f40f7 100644
--- a/fbench/src/fbench/client.cpp
+++ b/fbench/src/fbench/client.cpp
@@ -227,7 +227,12 @@ Client::run()
             const char* content = urlSource.content();
             std::string base64_decoded;
             if (_args->_usePostMode && _args->_base64Decode) {
-                base64_decoded = Base64::decode(content, cLen);
+                try {
+                    base64_decoded = Base64::decode(content, cLen);
+                } catch (...) {
+                    _status->SetError("POST request contains invalid base64 encoded data");
+                    break;
+                }
                 content = base64_decoded.c_str();
                 cLen = base64_decoded.size();
             }