golang.org/x/text Infinite loop
Overview
Source
ID
GHSA-5rcv-m4m3-hfh7
Aliases
CVE-2020-14040
GO-2020-0015
Affected package
Description
Go version v0.3.3 of the x/text package fixes 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.
### Specific Go Packages Affected golang.org/x/text/encoding/unicode golang.org/x/text/transform
Impact
Severity
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7.5 MODERATE
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Summary
36.75k
Total packages affected
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5.39k
Packages with a known fix
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2.74%
Total ecosystem affected
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Affected Version: Introduced: 0, Fixed: 0.3.3
Patched/Unaffected
Affected