1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/regex.c b/regex.c
index 8c795051a7..28fefcb228 100644
--- a/regex.c
+++ b/regex.c
@@ -4121,6 +4121,7 @@ re_match(bufp, string_arg, size, pos, regs)
 
       case wordbound:
 	if (AT_STRINGS_BEG(d)) {
+	  if (AT_STRINGS_END(d)) goto fail;
 	  if (IS_A_LETTER(d)) break;
 	  else goto fail;
 	}