From 524b0d07f25e4825adc063057b1061003603b24a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: alhudz <al.hudz.k@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2026 18:22:34 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix off-by-one over-read in match_string2 unicode escape
 parsing

---
 contrib/epee/src/parserse_base_utils.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/contrib/epee/src/parserse_base_utils.cpp b/contrib/epee/src/parserse_base_utils.cpp
index e154a75f8..923dde424 100644
--- a/contrib/epee/src/parserse_base_utils.cpp
+++ b/contrib/epee/src/parserse_base_utils.cpp
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ namespace misc_utils
             case '/':  //Slash character
               val.push_back('/');break;
             case 'u':  //Unicode code point
-              if (buf_end - it < 4)
+              if (buf_end - it < 5)
               {
                 ASSERT_MES_AND_THROW("Invalid Unicode escape sequence");
               }