Index: Lib/email/test/data/msg_45.txt
===================================================================
--- Lib/email/test/data/msg_45.txt	(revision 0)
+++ Lib/email/test/data/msg_45.txt	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+From foo@bar.invalid Wed Nov 14 12:56:23 2007
+Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:56:23 GMT
+From: foo@bar.invalid
+To: foo@bar.invalid
+Subject: Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 and multipart
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============3344438784458119861=="
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
+
+--===============3344438784458119861==
+Content-Type: text/plain
+
+You should see an image saying "PASS" below.
+
+--===============3344438784458119861==
+Content-Type: image/png
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
+
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+--===============3344438784458119861==--
Index: Lib/email/test/test_email.py
===================================================================
--- Lib/email/test/test_email.py	(revision 60086)
+++ Lib/email/test/test_email.py	(working copy)
@@ -2550,7 +2550,11 @@
         eq(headers, ['A', 'B', 'CC'])
         eq(msg.get_payload(), 'body')
 
+    def test_multipart_with_invalid_cte(self):
+        msg = self._msgobj("msg_45.txt")
+        self.assertNotEqual(0, len(msg.defects))
 
+
 
 class TestBase64(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_len(self):