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-rw-r--r--Lib/email/header.py5
-rw-r--r--Lib/email/test/test_email.py15
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS3
3 files changed, 21 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/email/header.py b/Lib/email/header.py
index 06708853c2..2e687b7a6f 100644
--- a/Lib/email/header.py
+++ b/Lib/email/header.py
@@ -275,7 +275,10 @@ class Header:
charset = Charset(charset)
if not isinstance(s, str):
input_charset = charset.input_codec or 'us-ascii'
- s = s.decode(input_charset, errors)
+ if input_charset == _charset.UNKNOWN8BIT:
+ s = s.decode('us-ascii', 'surrogateescape')
+ else:
+ s = s.decode(input_charset, errors)
# Ensure that the bytes we're storing can be decoded to the output
# character set, otherwise an early error is thrown.
output_charset = charset.output_codec or 'us-ascii'
diff --git a/Lib/email/test/test_email.py b/Lib/email/test/test_email.py
index 97a1e86a25..102e15b9ff 100644
--- a/Lib/email/test/test_email.py
+++ b/Lib/email/test/test_email.py
@@ -4182,6 +4182,21 @@ A very long line that must get split to something other than at the
'Ynwp4dUEbay Auction Semiar- No Charge \uFFFD Earn Big')
self.assertEqual(email.header.decode_header(h), [(x, 'unknown-8bit')])
+ def test_header_handles_binary_unknown8bit(self):
+ x = b'Ynwp4dUEbay Auction Semiar- No Charge \x96 Earn Big'
+ h = Header(x, charset=email.charset.UNKNOWN8BIT)
+ self.assertEqual(str(h),
+ 'Ynwp4dUEbay Auction Semiar- No Charge \uFFFD Earn Big')
+ self.assertEqual(email.header.decode_header(h), [(x, 'unknown-8bit')])
+
+ def test_make_header_handles_binary_unknown8bit(self):
+ x = b'Ynwp4dUEbay Auction Semiar- No Charge \x96 Earn Big'
+ h = Header(x, charset=email.charset.UNKNOWN8BIT)
+ h2 = email.header.make_header(email.header.decode_header(h))
+ self.assertEqual(str(h2),
+ 'Ynwp4dUEbay Auction Semiar- No Charge \uFFFD Earn Big')
+ self.assertEqual(email.header.decode_header(h2), [(x, 'unknown-8bit')])
+
def test_modify_returned_list_does_not_change_header(self):
h = Header('test')
chunks = email.header.decode_header(h)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 9c3f69347e..0ec55b6a9a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ Library
-------
- Issue #11584: email.header.decode_header no longer fails if the header
- passed to it is a Header object.
+ passed to it is a Header object, and Header/make_header no longer fail
+ if given binary unknown-8bit input.
- Issue #11700: mailbox proxy object close methods can now be called multiple
times without error.