GHSA-Q6GQ-997W-F55G

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2021-12-16 19:16 – Updated: 2025-10-14 19:37
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Summary
Withdrawn Advisory: Infinite loop in xz
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Withdrawn Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because alerts cannot be issued for the Go standard library at this time.

Original Description

Go before 1.13.15 and 14.x before 1.14.7 can have an infinite read loop in ReadUvarint and ReadVarint in encoding/binary via invalid inputs.

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": "github.com/ulikunitz/xz"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.5.8"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2020-16845"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-835"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2021-06-18T22:05:40Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2020-08-06T18:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "### Withdrawn Advisory\nThis advisory has been withdrawn because alerts cannot be issued for the Go standard library at this time.\n\n### Original Description\nGo before 1.13.15 and 14.x before 1.14.7 can have an infinite read loop in ReadUvarint and ReadVarint in encoding/binary via invalid inputs.",
  "id": "GHSA-q6gq-997w-f55g",
  "modified": "2025-10-14T19:37:19Z",
  "published": "2021-12-16T19:16:40Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16845"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ulikunitz/xz/issues/35"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ulikunitz/xz/commit/69c6093c7b2397b923acf82cb378f55ab2652b9b"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-announce/NyPIaucMgXo"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-announce/_ulYYcIWg3Q"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00037.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00038.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6RCFJTMKHY5ICGEM5BUFUEDDGSPJ25XU"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KWRBAH4UZJO3RROQ72SYCUPFCJFA22FO"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TACQFZDPA7AUR6TRZBCX2RGRFSDYLI7O"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WV2VWKFTH4EJGZBZALVUJQJOAQB5MDQ4"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200924-0002"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4848"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00021.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00028.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00029.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00030.html"
    }
  ],
  "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": "Withdrawn Advisory: Infinite loop in xz",
  "withdrawn": "2025-10-14T19:37:18Z"
}


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