1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/test_regexp.c b/src/test_regexp.c
index c0361f17d..600043e9c 100644
--- a/src/test_regexp.c
+++ b/src/test_regexp.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 **     \c      Character c where c is one of \{}()[]|*+?.
 **     \c      C-language escapes for c in afnrtv.  ex: \t or \n
 **     \uXXXX  Where XXXX is exactly 4 hex digits, unicode value XXXX
-**     \xXXX   Where XXX is any number of hex digits, unicode value XXX
+**     \xXX    Where XX is exactly 2 hex digits, unicode value XX
 **     [abc]   Any single character from the set abc
 **     [^abc]  Any single character not in the set abc
 **     [a-z]   Any single character in the range a-z
@@ -387,9 +387,8 @@ static unsigned re_esc_char(ReCompiled *p){
   char c;
   if( p->sIn.i>=p->sIn.mx ) return 0;
   c = p->sIn.z[p->sIn.i];
-  if( c=='u' && p->sIn.i+5<p->sIn.mx ){
+  if( c=='u' && p->sIn.i+4<p->sIn.mx ){
     const unsigned char *zIn = p->sIn.z + p->sIn.i;
-    v = 0;
     if( re_hex(zIn[1],&v)
      && re_hex(zIn[2],&v)
      && re_hex(zIn[3],&v)
@@ -399,11 +398,12 @@ static unsigned re_esc_char(ReCompiled *p){
       return v;
     }
   }
-  if( c=='x' ){
-    v = 0;
-    for(i=1; p->sIn.i<p->sIn.mx && re_hex(p->sIn.z[p->sIn.i+i], &v); i++){}
-    if( i>1 ){
-      p->sIn.i += i;
+  if( c=='x' && p->sIn.i+2<p->sIn.mx ){
+    const unsigned char *zIn = p->sIn.z + p->sIn.i;
+    if( re_hex(zIn[1],&v)
+     && re_hex(zIn[2],&v)
+    ){
+      p->sIn.i += 3;
       return v;
     }
   }