--- ufed-0.35.orig/ufed.pl
+++ ufed-0.35/ufed.pl
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@
       $line =~ s/[\r\n]//g;
       ($flag, $desc) =  ($line =~ m!([^ ]+)[ \t]+-[ \t]+(.*)!); # match the "flag - description" syntax
       $desc =~ s/[ \t]+/ /;
+      $desc =~ s/[\\\$"]/\\$&/g;
       $flag =~ s/[ \t]+//;
 
       # now eliminate comments, blanklines and internal flags
@@ -209,6 +210,7 @@
       $line =~ s/[\r\n]//g;
       ($package, $flag, $desc) =  ($line =~ m!([^:]*):([^ ]+)[ \t]+-[ \t]+(.*)!); # match the "package:flag - description" syntax
       $desc =~ s/[ \t]+/ /;
+      $desc =~ s/[\\\$"]/\\$&/g;
       $flag =~ s/[ \t]+//;
       
       # now eliminate comments, blanklines