@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ cli_file_t cli_filetype2(fmap_t *map, const struct cl_engine *engine)

 		     * we just tried that above, and failed */

 		    if((encoding = encoding_detect_bom(buff, bread))) {

 			    unsigned char decodedbuff[(MAGIC_BUFFER_SIZE+1)*2];

+             memset(decodedbuff, 0, sizeof(decodedbuff));

 			    m_area_t in_area, out_area;

 			    in_area.buffer = (unsigned char *) buff;