Security vulnerabilities and automated fixes for utf8 issues
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A critical buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered and patched in third-party UTF-8 validation code, where multiple unchecked `memcpy` operations could allow attackers to write beyond buffer boundaries, corrupt heap metadata, and potentially execute arbitrary code. This fix highlights a timeless lesson in C programming: never trust that your source data fits in your destination buffer. The patch affects `lemire-avx2.c`, `lemire-sse.c`, and `main.c` — three files that together form the backb