1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/daemon/base64.c b/src/daemon/base64.c
index 8ea73006..d99209e2 100644
--- a/src/daemon/base64.c
+++ b/src/daemon/base64.c
@@ -68,8 +68,9 @@ char* BASE64Decode(const char* src) {
                 /* Wrong base64 string length */
                 return NULL;
         }
-        result = dest = (char*) malloc(in_len / 4 * 3 + 1);
-
+        result = dest = malloc(in_len / 4 * 3 + 1);
+        if (result == NULL)
+           return NULL; /* out of memory */
         while (*src) {
                 char a = base64_digits[(unsigned char)*(src++)];
                 char b = base64_digits[(unsigned char)*(src++)];