2 files changed, 24 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hpsf/CodePageString.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hpsf/CodePageString.java
index eaaa11e51b..b94cb67c13 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hpsf/CodePageString.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hpsf/CodePageString.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class CodePageString
         offset += LittleEndian.INT_SIZE;
 
         _value = LittleEndian.getByteArray( data, offset, size );
-        if ( _value[size - 1] != 0 ) {
+        if ( size != 0 && _value[size - 1] != 0 ) {
             // TODO Some files, such as TestVisioWithCodepage.vsd, are currently
             //  triggering this for values that don't look like codepages
             // See Bug #52258 for details
diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hpsf/basic/TestHPSFBugs.java b/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hpsf/basic/TestHPSFBugs.java
index 05c8d8b99f..ff9ba878a5 100644
--- a/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hpsf/basic/TestHPSFBugs.java
+++ b/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hpsf/basic/TestHPSFBugs.java
@@ -138,4 +138,27 @@ public final class TestHPSFBugs extends TestCase {
        assertEquals("", si.getAuthor());
        assertEquals("Cour de Justice", dsi.getCompany());
    }
+   
+   /**
+    * CodePage Strings can be zero length
+    */
+   public void test56138() throws Exception {
+       DocumentInputStream dis;
+       POIFSFileSystem fs = 
+               new POIFSFileSystem(_samples.openResourceAsStream("TestZeroLengthCodePage.mpp"));
+       
+       dis = fs.createDocumentInputStream(SummaryInformation.DEFAULT_STREAM_NAME);
+       SummaryInformation si = (SummaryInformation)PropertySetFactory.create(dis);
+       
+       dis = fs.createDocumentInputStream(DocumentSummaryInformation.DEFAULT_STREAM_NAME);
+       DocumentSummaryInformation dsi = (DocumentSummaryInformation)PropertySetFactory.create(dis);
+       
+       // Test
+       assertEquals("MSProject", si.getApplicationName());
+       assertEquals("project1", si.getTitle());
+       assertEquals("Jon Iles", si.getAuthor());
+       
+       assertEquals("", dsi.getCompany());
+       assertEquals(2, dsi.getSectionCount());
+   }
 }