CVE-2020-14040

Aliases:GHSA-5rcv-m4m3-hfh7GO-2020-0015RHSA-2020:5054RHSA-2020:5055DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14040CGA-32cv-vm66-phgcCGA-3gxp-p49p-g8qvCGA-5275-h9fg-m6h9CGA-6v7j-w39g-9vxhCGA-7w98-qcmg-5p4wCGA-cwxc-pv7v-c7r6CGA-c9h8-92g5-97fxCGA-q3f4-9qqr-j87cCGA-rrw2-ghj5-33w5CGA-xm2g-g8h7-r467
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 12
Modified
Published: 17 Jun 2020, 19:22
Last modified:04 Aug 2024, 12:32

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
1.84% LOW
2% probability +1.83%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

17 Jun 2020, 19:22
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Aug 2024, 12:32
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1HIGHScore: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v3.1HIGHScore: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
  • v2.0MEDIUMScore: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 1.84% Percentile: 78%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

    The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.

Affected Systems

  • chainguarddex-k8s-authenticator

    < 0

  • chainguardk3d

    < 5.6.0-r11

  • chainguardk3d-proxy

    < 5.6.0-r11

  • chainguardk3d-tools

    < 5.6.0-r11

  • chainguardvt-cli

    < 1.0.0-r3

  • wolfik3d

    < 5.6.0-r11

  • wolfik3d-proxy

    < 5.6.0-r11

  • wolfik3d-tools

    < 5.6.0-r11

  • wolfivt-cli

    < 1.0.0-r3

  • debiangolang-golang-x-text

    < 0.3.3-1 | < 0.3.3-1 | < 0.3.3-1 | < 0.3.3-1

  • fedoraprojectfedora

    32

  • golang.org/xtext

    < 0.3.3

  • golangtext

    < 0.3.3

  • redhatbuildah

    < 0:1.11.6-12.el7_9

  • redhatbuildah-debuginfo

    < 0:1.11.6-12.el7_9

  • redhatcontainers-common

    < 1:0.1.40-12.el7_9

  • redhatskopeo

    < 1:0.1.40-12.el7_9

  • redhatskopeo-debuginfo

    < 1:0.1.40-12.el7_9

References (21)