high7.5
CVE-2020-14040
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 pro…
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Golang | Text | before 0.3.3 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | Version 32 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-announce/bXVeAmGOqz0
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TACQFZDPA7AUR6TRZBCX2RGRFSDYLI7O/
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-announce/bXVeAmGOqz0
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TACQFZDPA7AUR6TRZBCX2RGRFSDYLI7O/