1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/http.c b/lib/http.c
index a8b3e28fd..ec76bbe46 100644
--- a/lib/http.c
+++ b/lib/http.c
@@ -1851,9 +1851,13 @@ CURLcode Curl_http(struct connectdata *conn, bool *done)
          the bracket has been closed */
       int startsearch = 0;
       if(*cookiehost == '[') {
-        char *closingbracket = strchr(++cookiehost, ']');
+        char *closingbracket;
+        closingbracket = strchr(cookiehost+1, ']');
         if(closingbracket)
           *closingbracket = 0;
+        /* since the 'cookiehost' is an allocated memory area that will be
+           freed later we cannot simply increment the pointer */
+        memmove(cookiehost, cookiehost + 1, strlen(cookiehost) - 1);
       }
       else {
         char *colon = strchr(cookiehost + startsearch, ':');