commit d25e919f29078127b0305f88cdcbc33a798c5d90
author Nikias Bassen <nikias@gmx.li> Wed Apr 06 01:04:50 2022 +0200
committer Nikias Bassen <nikias@gmx.li> Wed Apr 06 01:04:50 2022 +0200
tree 5cd4b3d75e2960f1c1d6c99fbeb55cba3cae44af
parent 106c4ee7f53ef800a82fce9638f29756e8b78640

Skip whitespace to properly detect format in plist_from_memory()

src/plist.c

diff --git a/src/plist.c b/src/plist.c
index 9f3c8f4..78e71da 100644
--- a/src/plist.c
+++ b/src/plist.c
@@ -199,10 +199,15 @@
     }
     if (plist_is_binary(plist_data, length)) {
         res = plist_from_bin(plist_data, length, plist);
-    } else if (plist_data[0] == '[' || plist_data[0] == '{') {
-        res = plist_from_json(plist_data, length, plist);
     } else {
-        res = plist_from_xml(plist_data, length, plist);
+        /* skip whitespace before checking */
+        uint32_t pos = 0;
+        while (pos < length && ((plist_data[pos] == ' ') || (plist_data[pos] == '\t') || (plist_data[pos] == '\r') || (plist_data[pos] == '\n'))) pos++;
+        if (plist_data[pos] == '[' || plist_data[pos] == '{') {
+            res = plist_from_json(plist_data, length, plist);
+        } else {
+            res = plist_from_xml(plist_data, length, plist);
+        }
     }
     return res;
 }