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.
CVE-2020-14040 - High Severity Vulnerability
[mirror] Go text processing support
Dependency Hierarchy: - github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v1.31.4 (Root Library) - github.com/golang/net-16171245cfb220d5317888b716d69c1fb4e7992b - :x: **github.com/golang/text-v0.3.0** (Vulnerable Library)
Found in HEAD commit: 3ad3fc12dc1fbb1d1917f3fc53146d54a3484b59
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.
Publish Date: 2020-06-17
URL: CVE-2020-14040
Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: Low - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: None - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: None - Integrity Impact: None - Availability Impact: High
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Origin: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2020-0015
Release Date: 2020-06-17
Fix Resolution: v0.3.3
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