GHSA-PPP9-7JFF-5VJ2

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-12-26 06:30 – Updated: 2025-04-14 22:09
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Summary
golang.org/x/text/language Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability
Details

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.

Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Go",
        "name": "golang.org/x/text"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.3.7"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-38561"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-125"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2023-01-09T20:02:12Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-12-26T06:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-ppp9-7jff-5vj2",
  "modified": "2025-04-14T22:09:42Z",
  "published": "2022-12-26T06:30:22Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38561"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://deps.dev/advisory/OSV/GO-2021-0113"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://go.dev/cl/340830"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://go.googlesource.com/text/+/383b2e75a7a4198c42f8f87833eefb772868a56f"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/text/language"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2021-0113"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "golang.org/x/text/language Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability"
}


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