[NumPy-Tickets] [NumPy] #1370: numpy.load() crashes on invalid data

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#1370: numpy.load() crashes on invalid data
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 Reporter:  dhelfman    |       Owner:  somebody
     Type:  defect      |      Status:  new     
 Priority:  normal      |   Milestone:  1.5.0   
Component:  numpy.core  |     Version:  1.4.0   
 Keywords:              |  
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Comment(by dhelfman):

 Oops, the Mac version of the backtrace should be:

 {{{
 $ gdb python
 GNU gdb 6.3.50-20050815 (Apple version gdb-962) (Sat Jul 26 08:14:40 UTC
 2008)
 Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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 are
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 There is absolutely no warranty for GDB.  Type "show warranty" for
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 This GDB was configured as "i386-apple-darwin"...Reading symbols for
 shared libraries .. done

 (gdb) r -c "import cStringIO as io ; import numpy as np ; np.load(
 io.StringIO('0') )"
 Starting program:
 /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin/python -c
 "import cStringIO as io ; import numpy as np ; np.load( io.StringIO('0')
 )"
 Reading symbols for shared libraries +. done

 Program received signal SIGTRAP, Trace/breakpoint trap.
 0x8fe01010 in __dyld__dyld_start ()
 (gdb) bt
 #0  0x8fe01010 in __dyld__dyld_start ()
 Cannot access memory at address 0x4
 }}}

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