The x/text package before 0.3.3 for Go has a vulnerability in encoding/unicode that could lead to the UTF-16 decoder entering an infinite loop, causing the program to crash or run out of memory. An attacker could provide a single byte to a UTF16 decoder instantiated with UseBOM or ExpectBOM to trigger an infinite loop if the String function on the Decoder is called, or the Decoder is passed to golang.org/x/text/transform.String.
References
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https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-announce/bXVeAmGOqz0 | Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TACQFZDPA7AUR6TRZBCX2RGRFSDYLI7O/ | Third Party Advisory |
Information
Published : 2020-06-17 13:15
Updated : 2020-11-18 06:44
NVD link : CVE-2020-14040
Mitre link : CVE-2020-14040
JSON object : View
CWE
CWE-835
Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Products Affected
fedoraproject
- fedora
golang
- text