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Found while fuzzing some code.
The following code compiled with sanitizer overflows a buffer in fmt::detail::ansi_color_escape.

g++ -fsanitize=address main.cpp
#define FMT_HEADER_ONLY

#include <fmt/color.h>

int main(){

    fmt::text_style ts{};

    ts |= fmt::emphasis::bold;
    ts |= fmt::emphasis::faint;
    ts |= fmt::emphasis::italic;
    ts |= fmt::emphasis::underline;
    ts |= fmt::emphasis::blink;
    ts |= fmt::emphasis::reverse;
    ts |= fmt::emphasis::conceal;
    ts |= fmt::emphasis::strikethrough;

    fmt::print("{}", fmt::styled("test", ts));
}
=================================================================
==1064648==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: stack-buffer-overflow on address 0x7b5f2a0004a0 at pc 0x56231c89794d bp 0x7fff64601a90 sp 0x7fff64601a80
WRITE of size 1 at 0x7b5f2a0004a0 thread T0
    #0 0x56231c89794c in fmt::v11::detail::ansi_color_escape<char>::ansi_color_escape(fmt::v11::emphasis) (/home/dominic/tmp/fmt_overflow/a.out+0x2494c) (BuildId: 3cbd94becf314d362227e35ad13b65a34a8d0eec)
    #1 0x56231c88fc0c in fmt::v11::detail::ansi_color_escape<char> fmt::v11::detail::make_emphasis<char>(fmt::v11::emphasis) (/home/dominic/tmp/fmt_overflow/a.out+0x1cc0c) (BuildId: 3cbd94becf314d362227e35ad13b65a34a8d0eec)
    #2 0x56231c8b3b36 in decltype (({parm#2}.out)()) fmt::v11::formatter<fmt::v11::detail::styled_arg<char [5]>, char, void>::format<fmt::v11::context>(fmt::v11::detail::styled_arg<char [5]> const&, fmt::v11::context&) const (/home/dominic/tmp/fmt_overflow/a.out+0x40b36) (BuildId: 3cbd94becf314d362227e35ad13b65a34a8d0eec)
    #3 0x56231c8a09ff in void fmt::v11::detail::value<fmt::v11::context>::format_custom<fmt::v11::detail::styled_arg<char [5]>, fmt::v11::formatter<fmt::v11::detail::styled_arg<char [5]>, char, void> >(void*, fmt::v11::parse_context<char>&, fmt::v11::context&) (/home/dominic/tmp/fmt_overflow/a.out+0x2d9ff) (BuildId: 3cbd94becf314d362227e35ad13b65a34a8d0eec)
    #4 0x56231c895114 in fmt::v11::basic_format_arg<fmt::v11::context>::handle::format(fmt::v11::parse_context<char>&, fmt::v11::context&) const (/home/dominic/tmp/fmt_overflow/a.out+0x22114) (BuildId: 3cbd94becf314d362227e35ad13b65a34a8d0eec)
    #5 0x56231c88f524 in fmt::v11::detail::default_arg_formatter<char>::operator()(fmt::v11::basic_format_arg<fmt::v11::context>::handle) (/home/dominic/tmp/fmt_overflow/a.out+0x1c524) (BuildId: 3cbd94becf314d362227e35ad13b65a34a8d0eec)
    #6 0x56231c882ffb in fmt::v11::detail::vformat_to(fmt::v11::detail::buffer<char>&, fmt::v11::basic_string_view<char>, fmt::v11::basic_format_args<fmt::v11::context>, fmt::v11::detail::locale_ref) (/home/dominic/tmp/fmt_overflow/a.out+0xfffb) (BuildId: 3cbd94becf314d362227e35ad13b65a34a8d0eec)
    #7 0x56231c883779 in fmt::v11::vprint(_IO_FILE*, fmt::v11::basic_string_view<char>, fmt::v11::basic_format_args<fmt::v11::context>) (/home/dominic/tmp/fmt_overflow/a.out+0x10779) (BuildId: 3cbd94becf314d362227e35ad13b65a34a8d0eec)
    #8 0x56231c883905 in fmt::v11::vprint(fmt::v11::basic_string_view<char>, fmt::v11::basic_format_args<fmt::v11::context>) (/home/dominic/tmp/fmt_overflow/a.out+0x10905) (BuildId: 3cbd94becf314d362227e35ad13b65a34a8d0eec)
    #9 0x56231c878cc9 in main (/home/dominic/tmp/fmt_overflow/a.out+0x5cc9) (BuildId: 3cbd94becf314d362227e35ad13b65a34a8d0eec)
    #10 0x7f5f2c0376b4  (/usr/lib/libc.so.6+0x276b4) (BuildId: 468e3585c794491a48ea75fceb9e4d6b1464fc35)
    #11 0x7f5f2c037768 in __libc_start_main (/usr/lib/libc.so.6+0x27768) (BuildId: 468e3585c794491a48ea75fceb9e4d6b1464fc35)
    #12 0x56231c878524 in _start (/home/dominic/tmp/fmt_overflow/a.out+0x5524) (BuildId: 3cbd94becf314d362227e35ad13b65a34a8d0eec)

Address 0x7b5f2a0004a0 is located in stack of thread T0 at offset 160 in frame
    #0 0x56231c8b39d3 in decltype (({parm#2}.out)()) fmt::v11::formatter<fmt::v11::detail::styled_arg<char [5]>, char, void>::format<fmt::v11::context>(fmt::v11::detail::styled_arg<char [5]> const&, fmt::v11::context&) const (/home/dominic/tmp/fmt_overflow/a.out+0x409d3) (BuildId: 3cbd94becf314d362227e35ad13b65a34a8d0eec)

  This frame has 6 object(s):
    [32, 40) 'out' (line 589)
    [64, 80) '<unknown>'
    [96, 112) 'reset_color' (line 611)
    [128, 160) 'emphasis' (line 594) <== Memory access at offset 160 overflows this variable
    [192, 224) 'foreground' (line 599)
    [256, 288) 'background' (line 605)
HINT: this may be a false positive if your program uses some custom stack unwind mechanism, swapcontext or vfork
      (longjmp and C++ exceptions *are* supported)
SUMMARY: AddressSanitizer: stack-buffer-overflow (/home/dominic/tmp/fmt_overflow/a.out+0x2494c) (BuildId: 3cbd94becf314d362227e35ad13b65a34a8d0eec) in fmt::v11::detail::ansi_color_escape<char>::ansi_color_escape(fmt::v11::emphasis)
Shadow bytes around the buggy address:
  0x7b5f2a000200: f1 f1 f1 f1 f1 f1 01 f2 00 f2 f2 f2 00 f2 f2 f2
  0x7b5f2a000280: 00 00 f2 f2 00 00 f2 f2 00 00 f2 f2 00 00 00 00
  0x7b5f2a000300: f2 f2 f2 f2 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f3 f3 f3 f3 f3
  0x7b5f2a000380: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
  0x7b5f2a000400: f1 f1 f1 f1 00 f2 f2 f2 00 00 f2 f2 00 00 f2 f2
=>0x7b5f2a000480: 00 00 00 00[f2]f2 f2 f2 00 00 00 00 f2 f2 f2 f2
  0x7b5f2a000500: 00 00 00 00 f3 f3 f3 f3 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
  0x7b5f2a000580: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
  0x7b5f2a000600: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
  0x7b5f2a000680: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
  0x7b5f2a000700: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Shadow byte legend (one shadow byte represents 8 application bytes):
  Addressable:           00
  Partially addressable: 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 
  Heap left redzone:       fa
  Freed heap region:       fd
  Stack left redzone:      f1
  Stack mid redzone:       f2
  Stack right redzone:     f3
  Stack after return:      f5
  Stack use after scope:   f8
  Global redzone:          f9
  Global init order:       f6
  Poisoned by user:        f7
  Container overflow:      fc
  Array cookie:            ac
  Intra object redzone:    bb
  ASan internal:           fe
  Left alloca redzone:     ca
  Right alloca redzone:    cb
==1064648==ABORTING
gcc version 15.1.1 20250425 (GCC)

fmt version latest commit as of writing. git commit hash 553ec11

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Thank you for the fix! Could you add a test case to color-test?

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Yes, I hope to find time for it at the weekend.

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LGTM

@vitaut vitaut merged commit 35dcc58 into fmtlib:master Jul 20, 2025
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vitaut commented Jul 20, 2025

Merged, thank you!

mtremer pushed a commit to ipfire/ipfire-2.x that referenced this pull request Nov 6, 2025
- Update from version 11.2.0 to 12.1.0
- Update of rootfile
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- Changelog
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	- Optimized `buffer::append`, resulting in up to ~16% improvement on spdlog
	  benchmarks (fmtlib/fmt#4541). Thanks @fyrsta7.
	- Worked around an ABI incompatibility in `std::locale_ref` between clang and
	  gcc (fmtlib/fmt#4573).
	- Made `std::variant` and `std::expected` formatters work with `format_as`
	  (fmtlib/fmt#4574,
	  fmtlib/fmt#4575). Thanks @phprus.
	- Made `fmt::join<string_view>` work with C++ modules
	  (fmtlib/fmt#4379,
	  fmtlib/fmt#4577). Thanks @Arghnews.
	- Exported `fmt::is_compiled_string` and `operator""_cf` from the module
	  (fmtlib/fmt#4544). Thanks @CrackedMatter.
	- Fixed a compatibility issue with C++ modules in clang
	  (fmtlib/fmt#4548). Thanks @tsarn.
	- Added support for cv-qualified types to the `std::optional` formatter
	  (fmtlib/fmt#4561,
	  fmtlib/fmt#4562). Thanks @OleksandrKvl.
	- Added demangling support (used in exception and `std::type_info` formatters)
	  for libc++ and clang-cl
	  (fmtlib/fmt#4542,
	  fmtlib/fmt#4560,
	  fmtlib/fmt#4568,
	  fmtlib/fmt#4571).
	  Thanks @FatihBAKIR and @rohitsutreja.
	- Switched to global `malloc`/`free` to enable allocator customization
	  (fmtlib/fmt#4569,
	  fmtlib/fmt#4570). Thanks @rohitsutreja.
	- Made the `FMT_USE_CONSTEVAL` macro configurable by users
	  (fmtlib/fmt#4546). Thanks @SnapperTT.
	- Fixed compilation with locales disabled in the header-only mode
	  (fmtlib/fmt#4550).
	- Fixed compilation with clang 21 and `-std=c++20`
	  (fmtlib/fmt#4552).
	- Fixed a dynamic linking issue with clang-cl
	  (fmtlib/fmt#4576,
	  fmtlib/fmt#4584). Thanks @FatihBAKIR.
	- Fixed a warning suppression leakage on gcc
	  (fmtlib/fmt#4588). Thanks @ZedThree.
	- Made more internal color APIs `constexpr`
	  (fmtlib/fmt#4581). Thanks @ishani.
	- Fixed compatibility with clang as a host compiler for NVCC
	  (fmtlib/fmt#4564). Thanks @valgur.
	- Fixed various warnings and lint issues
	  (fmtlib/fmt#4565,
	  fmtlib/fmt#4572,
	  fmtlib/fmt#4557).
	  Thanks @LiangHuDream and @teruyamato0731.
	- Improved documentation
	  (fmtlib/fmt#4549,
	  fmtlib/fmt#4551,
	  fmtlib/fmt#4566,
	  fmtlib/fmt#4567,
	  fmtlib/fmt#4578,).
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    12.0.0
	- Optimized the default floating point formatting
	  (fmtlib/fmt#3675,
	  fmtlib/fmt#4516). In particular, formatting a
	  `double` with format string compilation into a stack allocated buffer is
	  more than 60% faster in version 12.0 compared to 11.2 according to
	  [dtoa-benchmark](https://github.com/fmtlib/dtoa-benchmark):
	  ```
	  Function  Time (ns)  Speedup
	  fmt11        34.471    1.00x
	  fmt12        21.000    1.64x
	  ```
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	  #include <fmt/compile.h>
	  using namespace fmt::literals;
	  std::string s = fmt::format(""_cf, 42);
	  ```
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	  ```c++
	  #include <fmt/compile.h>
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	  ```
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	  ```s
	  __ZL1s:
	        .asciiz "42"
	  ```
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	- Improved C++20 module support
	  (fmtlib/fmt#4451,
	  fmtlib/fmt#4459,
	  fmtlib/fmt#4476,
	  fmtlib/fmt#4488,
	  fmtlib/fmt#4491,
	  fmtlib/fmt#4495).
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	- Switched to using estimated display width in precision. For example:
	  ```c++
	  fmt::print("|{:.4}|\n|1234|\n", "🐱🐱🐱");
	  ```
	  prints
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	  because `🐱` has an estimated width of 2
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	  fmtlib/fmt#4443,
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	  fmtlib/fmt#4434). Thanks @jeremy-rifkin.
	- Removed the following deprecated APIs:
	  - `has_formatter`: use `is_formattable` instead,
	  - `basic_format_args::parse_context_type`,
	    `basic_format_args::formatter_type` and similar aliases in context types,
	  - wide stream overload of `fmt::printf`,
	  - wide stream overloads of `fmt::print` that take text styles,
	  - `is_*char` traits,
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	- Deprecated wide overloads of `fmt::fprintf` and `fmt::sprintf`.
	- Improved diagnostics for the incorrect usage of `fmt::ptr`
	  (fmtlib/fmt#4453). Thanks @TobiSchluter.
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	  (fmtlib/fmt#4511,
	  fmtlib/fmt#4528).
	  Thanks @localspook and @Anas-Hamdane.
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	  (fmtlib/fmt#4498). Thanks @dominicpoeschko.
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	  fmtlib/fmt#4497). Thanks @whitequark.
	- Fixed `back_insert_iterator` detection, preventing a fallback on slower path
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	- Fixed handling of invalid glibc `FILE` buffers
	  (fmtlib/fmt#4469).
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Signed-off-by: Adolf Belka <adolf.belka@ipfire.org>
Signed-off-by: Michael Tremer <michael.tremer@ipfire.org>
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