9.8

CVE-2020-29510: golang go Misinterpretation of Input

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-29510DEBIAN-CVE-2020-29510
Published 14-12-2020Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-29510 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Misinterpretation of Input vulnerability in golang go. EPSS estimates a 2.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
2.07%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 14-12-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The encoding/xml package in Go versions 1.15 and earlier does not correctly preserve the semantics of directives during tokenization round-trips, which allows an attacker to craft inputs that behave in conflicting ways during different stages of processing in affected downstream applications.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.07%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

81%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.07% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
2.07%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu6 products
  • golang-1.10All versions (No fix recorded)
  • golang-1.13All versions (No fix recorded)
  • golang-1.14All versions (No fix recorded)
  • golang-1.6All versions (No fix recorded)
  • golang-1.8All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • golang-1.15All versions (No fix recorded)
Golang1 product
  • go≥ unspecified, ≤ 1.15 | ≤ 1.15
Netapp1 product

4 vendors · 9 products

References

6 links