From 2a55bfbef93f75f8b40f32a002e06827b15ffe91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: trevor-signal <131492920+trevor-signal@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2024 15:26:21 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Respond to malformed messages with empty body

---
 ts/textsecure/MessageReceiver.ts | 16 ++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ts/textsecure/MessageReceiver.ts b/ts/textsecure/MessageReceiver.ts
index e8e1e62d7..0bccb47e2 100644
--- a/ts/textsecure/MessageReceiver.ts
+++ b/ts/textsecure/MessageReceiver.ts
@@ -407,15 +407,15 @@ export default class MessageReceiver
     }
 
     const job = async () => {
-      if (!request.body) {
-        throw new Error(
-          'MessageReceiver.handleRequest: request.body was falsey!'
-        );
-      }
-
-      const plaintext = request.body;
-
       try {
+        if (!request.body) {
+          throw new Error(
+            'MessageReceiver.handleRequest: request.body was falsey!'
+          );
+        }
+
+        const plaintext = request.body;
+
         const decoded = Proto.Envelope.decode(plaintext);
         const serverTimestamp = decoded.serverTimestamp?.toNumber() ?? 0;