MSRC_CVE-2021-38561

Vulnerability from csaf_microsoft - Published: 2022-12-02 00:00 - Updated: 2025-05-15 00:00
Summary
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.

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