CVE-2023-24537: Infinite loop in parsing in go/scanner
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2023-24537 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in go standard library go/scanner. EPSS estimates a 1.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 7.5 (CVE.org); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 1% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 27 · Related 14Timeline
- 06-04-2023PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 13-02-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Calling any of the Parse functions on Go source code which contains //line directives with very large line numbers can cause an infinite loop due to integer overflow.
CVSS metrics
7 scores · 7 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVDNIST7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.41%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
73%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.41% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Chainguard11 products
- go-1.20< 1.20.3-r1
- katib-earlystopping< 0.19.0-r31
- katib-suggestion-goptuna-compatAll versions (No fix recorded)
- katib-suggestion-hyperband< 0.19.0-r31
- katib-suggestion-hyperopt< 0.19.0-r40 | < 0.19.0-r31
Wolfi11 products
- go-1.20< 1.20.3-r1
- katib-earlystopping< 0.19.0-r31
- katib-suggestion-goptuna-compatAll versions (No fix recorded)
- katib-suggestion-hyperband< 0.19.0-r31
- katib-suggestion-hyperopt< 0.19.0-r40 | < 0.19.0-r31
Ubuntu5 products
- golang-1.13< 1.13.8-1ubuntu1~16.04.3+esm3 | < 1.13.8-1ubuntu1~18.04.4+esm1 | < 1.13.8-1ubuntu1.2 | < 1.13.8-1ubuntu2.22.04.2
- golang-1.14All versions (No fix recorded)
- golang-1.16< 1.16.2-0ubuntu1~18.04.2+esm1 | < 1.16.2-0ubuntu1~20.04.1
- golang-1.17All versions (No fix recorded)
- golang-1.18< 1.18.1-1ubuntu1~18.04.4 | < 1.18.1-1ubuntu1~20.04.2 | < 1.18.1-1ubuntu1.1
Alpine1 product
- go≥ 1.20.0, < 1.19.8-r0 | ≥ 1.20.0, < 1.20.3-r0
Debian1 product
- golang-1.19< 1.19.8-2
Go1 product
- stdlib≥ 1.20.0-0, < 1.20.3
Go standard library1 product
- go/scanner< 1.19.8 | ≥ 1.20.0-0, < 1.20.3
Golang1 product
- go< 1.19.8 | ≥ 1.20.0, < 1.20.3
8 vendors · 32 products
References
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- pkg.go.devWEB
