Merge branch '7.0.x'

spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/MimeTypeUtils.java

@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ public abstract class MimeTypeUtils {
 
 	/**
 	 * Parse the given String into a single {@code MimeType}.
-	 * Recently parsed {@code MimeType} are cached for further retrieval.
+	 * <p>Recently parsed {@code MimeType} values are cached for future retrieval.
 	 * @param mimeType the string to parse
 	 * @return the mime type
 	 * @throws InvalidMimeTypeException if the string cannot be parsed
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ public abstract class MimeTypeUtils {
 						break;
 					}
 				}
-				else if (ch == '"' && mimeType.charAt(nextIndex - 1) != '\\') {
+				else if (ch == '"' && (nextIndex == 0 || mimeType.charAt(nextIndex - 1) != '\\')) {
 					quoted = !quoted;
 				}
 				nextIndex++;

spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/util/MimeTypeTests.java

@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class MimeTypeTests {
 		assertThat(mimeType.getParameter("type")).isEqualTo("\"application/soap+xml;action=\\\"https://x.y.z\\\"\"");
 	}
 
-	@Test
+	@Test  //  gh-36730
 	void parseParameterWithQuotedPair() {
 		String s = "text/plain;twelve=\"1\\\"2\"";
 		MimeType mimeType = MimeType.valueOf(s);
@@ -303,6 +303,13 @@ class MimeTypeTests {
 				MimeTypeUtils.parseMimeType("audio/*;attr=\""));
 	}
 
+	@Test  // gh-36971
+	void parseMimeTypeWrappedInQuotes() {
+		assertThatExceptionOfType(InvalidMimeTypeException.class)
+				.isThrownBy(() -> MimeTypeUtils.parseMimeType("\"application/xml\""))
+				.withMessageContaining("Invalid token character '\"'");
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void parseMimeTypeNull() {
 		assertThatExceptionOfType(InvalidMimeTypeException.class).isThrownBy(() ->