UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38561

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2021-38561
Downstream
USN-5873-1
Published: 26 Dec 2022, 06:15
Last modified:04 Feb 2026, 04:26

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
3.1 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

26 Dec 2022, 06:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Feb 2026, 04:26
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

golang.org/x/text/language in golang.org/x/text before 0.3.7 can panic with an out-of-bounds read during BCP 47 language tag parsing. Index calculation is mishandled. If parsing untrusted user input, this can be used as a vector for a denial-of-service attack.

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

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•golang-golang-x-text

    < 0.3.2-4ubuntu0.1 | < 0.3.7-1

  • ubuntu•golang-x-text

    all | < 0.0~git20170627.0.6353ef0-1ubuntu2.1 | all

References (3)