2 files changed, 30 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lang/js/src/Connection.js b/lang/js/src/Connection.js
index b0105757..8d381f15 100644
--- a/lang/js/src/Connection.js
+++ b/lang/js/src/Connection.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import { permittedOperations } from './permittedOperations';
 import { gpgme_error } from './Errors';
 import { GPGME_Message, createMessage } from './Message';
+import { decode } from './Helpers';
 
 /**
  * A Connection handles the nativeMessaging interaction via a port. As the
@@ -239,7 +240,7 @@ class Answer{
                 case 'type':
                     if (_decodedResponse.type === 'error'){
                         return (gpgme_error('GNUPG_ERROR',
-                            decodeURIComponent(escape(_decodedResponse.msg))));
+                            decode(_decodedResponse.msg)));
                     } else if (poa.type.indexOf(_decodedResponse.type) < 0){
                         return gpgme_error('CONN_UNEXPECTED_ANSWER');
                     }
@@ -270,7 +271,7 @@ class Answer{
                                 ('00' + c.charCodeAt(0).toString(16)).slice(-2);
                                 }).join(''));
                     } else {
-                        _response[key] = _decodedResponse[key];
+                        _response[key] = decode(_decodedResponse[key]);
                     }
                     break;
                 }
diff --git a/lang/js/src/Helpers.js b/lang/js/src/Helpers.js
index accc2af5..379015f2 100644
--- a/lang/js/src/Helpers.js
+++ b/lang/js/src/Helpers.js
@@ -108,3 +108,30 @@ export function isFingerprint(value){
 export function isLongId(value){
     return hextest(value, 16);
 }
+
+/**
+ * Recursively decodes input (utf8) to output (utf-16; javascript) strings
+ * @param {Object | Array | String} property
+ */
+export function decode(property){
+    if (typeof property === 'string'){
+        return decodeURIComponent(escape(property));
+    } else if (Array.isArray(property)){
+        let res = [];
+        for (let arr=0; arr < property.length; arr++){
+            res.push(decode(property[arr]));
+        }
+        return res;
+    } else if (typeof property === 'object'){
+        const keys = Object.keys(property);
+        if (keys.length){
+            let res = {};
+            for (let k=0; k < keys.length; k++ ){
+                res[keys[k]] = decode(property[keys[k]]);
+            }
+            return res;
+        }
+        return property;
+    }
+    return property;
+}
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