[MERGE] forward port branch 12.0 up to 52f6e38cea8

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/js/utils.js b/addons/mail/static/src/js/utils.js
index 14ac97def76..25e327b0428 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/js/utils.js
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/js/utils.js
@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@ var _t = core._t;
 function parseAndTransform(htmlString, transformFunction) {
     var openToken = "OPEN" + Date.now();
     var string = htmlString.replace(/</g, openToken);
-    var children = $('<div>').html(string).contents();
+    var children;
+    try {
+        children = $('<div>').html(string).contents();
+    } catch (e) {
+        children = $('<div>').html('<pre>' + string + '</pre>').contents();
+    }
     return _parseAndTransform(children, transformFunction)
                 .replace(new RegExp(openToken, "g"), "&lt;");
 }