commit c4e6e0a27944893103f78090eb7d026be0f3707d
author Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> Wed Apr 02 12:15:06 2014 -0400
committer Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> Wed Apr 02 12:15:06 2014 -0400
tree 4db4778856a84f11c162001c4de7617345b8368f
parent 9190b6f4a6f4119d6459d04a74f9b1ad511d1ca0

bail in unicode error's __str__ methods if the objects are not properly initialized (closes #21134)

Misc/NEWS

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 24047bb..4933cb2 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 
 - Issue #20437: Fixed 43 potential bugs when deleting objects references.
 
+- Issue #21134: Fix segfault when str is called on an uninitialized
+  UnicodeEncodeError, UnicodeDecodeError, or UnicodeTranslateError object.
+
 - Issue #20494: Ensure that free()d memory arenas are really released on POSIX
   systems supporting anonymous memory mappings.  Patch by Charles-François
   Natali.