Prevent Base62Uuid decoding from panicing

An extra long encoded uuid could crash the server, now it's handled as
an error.

src/uuid.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::fmt::{self, Display, Formatter};
 
+use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
@@ -7,7 +8,7 @@ const BASE62_CHARS: &[u8] = b"0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmn
 
 /// A wrapper around a UUID (from `uuid::Uuid`) that serializes to a Base62 string.
 ///
-/// Database rows have a UUID primary key, but they are encoded in Base62 to be shorter and more 
+/// Database rows have a UUID primary key, but they are encoded in Base62 to be shorter and more
 /// URL-friendly for the frontend.
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, Copy)]
 pub struct Base62Uuid(
@@ -44,9 +45,11 @@ impl Display for Base62Uuid {
     }
 }
 
-impl From<&str> for Base62Uuid {
+impl TryFrom<&str> for Base62Uuid {
-    fn from(s: &str) -> Self {
+    type Error = anyhow::Error;
-        Self(Uuid::from_u128(base62_decode(s)))
+
+    fn try_from(s: &str) -> Result<Self> {
+        Ok(Self(Uuid::from_u128(base62_decode(s)?)))
     }
 }
 
@@ -68,7 +71,9 @@ where
     D: serde::Deserializer<'de>,
 {
     let s = String::deserialize(deserializer)?;
-    Ok(Uuid::from_u128(base62_decode(&s)))
+    Ok(Uuid::from_u128(
+        base62_decode(&s).map_err(serde::de::Error::custom)?,
+    ))
 }
 
 pub fn base62_encode(mut number: u128) -> String {
@@ -82,18 +87,25 @@ pub fn base62_encode(mut number: u128) -> String {
     }
 
     encoded.reverse();
-    String::from_utf8(encoded).unwrap()
+    unsafe {
+        // Safety: all characters in `encoded` must come from BASE62_CHARS, and characters in 
+        // BASE62_CHARS are valid UTF-8 (they are ASCII). Therefore, `encoded` must contain only
+        // valid UTF-8.
+        String::from_utf8_unchecked(encoded)
+    }
 }
 
-pub fn base62_decode(input: &str) -> u128 {
+pub fn base62_decode(input: &str) -> Result<u128> {
     let base = BASE62_CHARS.len() as u128;
     let mut number = 0u128;
 
     for &byte in input.as_bytes() {
-        number = number * base + (BASE62_CHARS.iter().position(|&ch| ch == byte).unwrap() as u128);
+        if let Some(value) = BASE62_CHARS.iter().position(|&ch| ch == byte) {
+            number = number.checked_mul(base).context("u128 overflow")? + value as u128;
+        }
     }
 
-    number
+    Ok(number)
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -113,9 +125,33 @@ mod tests {
 
         for original_uuid in original_uuids.iter() {
             let encoded = base62_encode(original_uuid.as_u128());
-            let decoded_uuid = Uuid::from_u128(base62_decode(&encoded));
+            let decoded = base62_decode(&encoded).unwrap();
+            let decoded_uuid = Uuid::from_u128(decoded);
 
             assert_eq!(*original_uuid, decoded_uuid);
         }
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn errors_if_encoded_string_has_extra_bytes() {
+        let uuid = Uuid::new_v4();
+
+        let encoded = base62_encode(uuid.as_u128());
+        let encoded_plus_extra = format!("{}{}", encoded, "extra");
+        let decode_result = base62_decode(&encoded_plus_extra);
+
+        assert!(decode_result.is_err());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn ignores_invalid_chars_in_encoded_string() {
+        let uuid = Uuid::new_v4();
+
+        let encoded = base62_encode(uuid.as_u128());
+        let encoded_plus_invalid_chars = format!("!??{}", encoded);
+        let decoded = base62_decode(&encoded_plus_invalid_chars).unwrap();
+        let decoded_uuid = Uuid::from_u128(decoded);
+
+        assert_eq!(uuid, decoded_uuid);
+    }
 }