NSJSONSerialization crashes on iOS 13

Originator:johnnie.tseng
Number:rdar://7458717 Date Originated:2019/11/21
Status:Close Resolved:YES
Product:iOS Product Version:13
Classification:Bug Reproducible:YES
 
【FB7458717】

- [Demo project]
https://github.com/JohnnyTseng/NSJSONSerialization-Crash-Demo

- [Description]
NSJSONSerialization crashes on iOS 13 when a string cannot be transformed to UTF-8 string

- [Steps to reproduce]
Download the demo project, run on iOS 13 devices (with Zombie object enabled), and it crashes.

- [Expected result]
To generate an error, and not crash the application
"Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=3852 "The string 0xXXXXXXX failed to convert to UTF8" UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=The string 0xXXXXXXX failed to convert to UTF8}"

- [Actual Result]
Crashes on iOS 13 devices with a "-[NSError retain]: message sent to deallocated instance" message

Comments

Yes I can confirm this is fixed!

By johnnie.tseng at Oct. 25, 2020, 4:23 a.m. (reply...)

Fixed in 14

This is fixed in 14.0 (18A373) - the code produces output as expected: (well, not sure about first line, but the Error looks right).

NSJSONSerializationDemo(11762,0x102cf7880) malloc: enabling scribbling to detect mods to free blocks 2020-10-07 12:28:11.218779+0100 NSJSONSerializationDemo[11762:6968803] Data: (null), Error: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=3852 "The string 0x103808800 failed to convert to UTF8" UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=The string 0x103808800 failed to convert to UTF8}

By richard at Oct. 7, 2020, 11:30 a.m. (reply...)

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