Index: HTMLparser.c
@@ -2895,6 +2895,9 @@
 	    ctxt->sax->error(ctxt->userData, 
 	     "htmlParseStartTag: invalid element name\n");
 	ctxt->wellFormed = 0;
+	/* Dump the bogus tag like browsers do */
+	while ((IS_CHAR(CUR)) && (CUR != '>'))
+	    NEXT;
         return;
     }
     if (xmlStrEqual(name, BAD_CAST"meta"))
@@ -2969,6 +2972,13 @@
 	    atts[nbatts++] = attvalue;
 	    atts[nbatts] = NULL;
 	    atts[nbatts + 1] = NULL;
+	}
+	else {
+	    /* Dump the bogus attribute string up to the next blank or
+	     * the end of the tag. */
+	    while ((IS_CHAR(CUR)) && !(IS_BLANK(CUR)) && (CUR != '>')
+	     && ((CUR != '/') || (NXT(1) != '>')))
+		NEXT;
 	}
 
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