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diff --git a/src/mnemonics/electrum-words.cpp b/src/mnemonics/electrum-words.cpp
index 33d36d2d0..f0e254ba4 100644
--- a/src/mnemonics/electrum-words.cpp
+++ b/src/mnemonics/electrum-words.cpp
@@ -64,12 +64,15 @@
namespace
{
+ uint32_t create_checksum_index(const std::vector<std::string> &word_list,
+ uint32_t unique_prefix_length);
+ bool checksum_test(std::vector<std::string> seed, uint32_t unique_prefix_length);
/*!
* \brief Finds the word list that contains the seed words and puts the indices
* where matches occured in matched_indices.
* \param seed List of words to match.
- * \param has_checksum If word list passed checksum test, we need to only do a prefix check.
+ * \param has_checksum The seed has a checksum word (maybe not checked).
* \param matched_indices The indices where the seed words were found are added to this.
* \param language Language instance pointer to write to after it is found.
* \return true if all the words were present in some language false if not.
@@ -88,6 +91,7 @@ namespace
Language::Singleton<Language::Russian>::instance(),
Language::Singleton<Language::OldEnglish>::instance()
});
+ Language::Base *fallback = NULL;
// Iterate through all the languages and find a match
for (std::vector<Language::Base*>::iterator it1 = language_instances.begin();
@@ -126,12 +130,33 @@ namespace
}
if (full_match)
{
+ // if we were using prefix only, and we have a checksum, check it now
+ // to avoid false positives due to prefix set being too common
+ if (has_checksum)
+ if (!checksum_test(seed, (*it1)->get_unique_prefix_length()))
+ {
+ fallback = *it1;
+ full_match = false;
+ }
+ }
+ if (full_match)
+ {
*language = *it1;
return true;
}
// Some didn't match. Clear the index array.
matched_indices.clear();
}
+
+ // if we get there, we've not found a good match, but we might have a fallback,
+ // if we detected a match which did not fit the checksum, which might be a badly
+ // typed/transcribed seed in the right language
+ if (fallback)
+ {
+ *language = fallback;
+ return true;
+ }
+
return false;
}