--- /dev/null
+--- a/libbb/lineedit.c
++++ b/libbb/lineedit.c
+@@ -632,6 +632,19 @@ static void free_tab_completion_data(voi
+
+ static void add_match(char *matched)
+ {
++ unsigned char *p = (unsigned char*)matched;
++ while (*p) {
++ /* ESC attack fix: drop any string with control chars */
++ if (*p < ' '
++ || (!ENABLE_UNICODE_SUPPORT && *p >= 0x7f)
++ || (ENABLE_UNICODE_SUPPORT && *p == 0x7f)
++ ) {
++ free(matched);
++ return;
++ }
++ p++;
++ }
++
+ matches = xrealloc_vector(matches, 4, num_matches);
+ matches[num_matches] = matched;
+ num_matches++;