In the loop, when iterating through the array, there was no check whether an element of the array goes beyond its limits. And with certain input data, there is an outflow from the array.
--- builtins/printf.def | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtins/printf.def b/builtins/printf.def index 84658c39..23cb8cd1 100644 --- a/builtins/printf.def +++ b/builtins/printf.def @@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ printf_builtin (list) { tw = 0; /* find next format specification */ - for (fmt = format; *fmt; fmt++) + for (fmt = format; fmt - format < strlen(format); fmt++) { precision = fieldwidth = 0; have_fieldwidth = have_precision = altform = 0; @@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ printf_builtin (list) *t++ = *fmt++; } *t = '\0'; - if (*++fmt != 'T') + if (fmt - format < strlen(format)-1 && *++fmt != 'T') { builtin_warning (_("`%c': invalid time format specification"), *fmt); fmt = start; -- 2.42.2