1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/html.c b/html.c
index 1bed87d4..f1d3ad1a 100644
--- a/html.c
+++ b/html.c
@@ -437,8 +437,18 @@ print_encode(struct html *h, const char *p, int norecurse)
 		case ESCAPE_UNICODE:
 			/* Skip past "u" header. */
 			c = mchars_num2uc(seq + 1, len - 1);
-			if ('\0' != c)
-				printf("&#x%x;", c);
+
+			/*
+			 * XXX Security warning:
+			 * For now, forbid Unicode obfuscation of ASCII
+			 * characters.  An audit of the callers is
+			 * required before this can be removed.
+			 */
+
+			if (c < 0x80)
+				c = 0xFFFD;
+
+			printf("&#x%x;", c);
 			break;
 		case ESCAPE_NUMBERED:
 			c = mchars_num2char(seq, len);