CVE-2020-16845

Aliases:GHSA-q6gq-997w-f55gBIT-golang-2020-16845GO-2021-0142
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 33
Modified
Published: 06 Aug 2020, 17:03
Last modified:04 Aug 2024, 13:45

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.15% LOW
0% probability +0.06%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

06 Aug 2020, 17:03
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Aug 2024, 13:45
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Go before 1.13.15 and 14.x before 1.14.7 can have an infinite read loop in ReadUvarint and ReadVarint in encoding/binary via invalid inputs.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.15%• Percentile: 35%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-835•Loop 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

  • debian•debian_linux

    9.0 | 10.0

  • fedoraproject•fedora

    31 | 32

  • github.com/ulikunitz•xz

    < 0.5.8

  • golang•go

    < 1.13.15 | ≥ 1.14, < 1.14.7

  • Go•stdlib

    ≥ 1.14.0-0, < 1.14.7

  • opensuse•leap

    15.1 | 15.2

References (29)