2 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index 58b96aec68..5103cc6ce2 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@ char *cescape(const char *s) {
         return r;
 }
 
-char *cunescape(const char *s) {
+char *cunescape_length(const char *s, size_t length) {
         char *r, *t;
         const char *f;
 
@@ -1137,10 +1137,10 @@ char *cunescape(const char *s) {
 
         /* Undoes C style string escaping */
 
-        if (!(r = new(char, strlen(s)+1)))
+        if (!(r = new(char, length+1)))
                 return r;
 
-        for (f = s, t = r; *f; f++) {
+        for (f = s, t = r; f < s + length; f++) {
 
                 if (*f != '\\') {
                         *(t++) = *f;
@@ -1242,6 +1242,9 @@ finish:
         return r;
 }
 
+char *cunescape(const char *s) {
+        return cunescape_length(s, strlen(s));
+}
 
 char *xescape(const char *s, const char *bad) {
         char *r, *t;
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index fed0e670ef..ff79583d80 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -222,6 +222,12 @@ int undecchar(char c);
 
 char *cescape(const char *s);
 char *cunescape(const char *s);
+char *cunescape_length(const char *s, size_t length);
+
+char *xescape(const char *s, const char *bad);
+
+char *bus_path_escape(const char *s);
+char *bus_path_unescape(const char *s);
 
 char *path_kill_slashes(char *path);
 
@@ -230,11 +236,6 @@ bool path_equal(const char *a, const char *b);
 
 char *ascii_strlower(char *path);
 
-char *xescape(const char *s, const char *bad);
-
-char *bus_path_escape(const char *s);
-char *bus_path_unescape(const char *s);
-
 bool ignore_file(const char *filename);
 
 bool chars_intersect(const char *a, const char *b);