Out-of-bounds Read Affecting golang.org/x/text/internal/language package, versions <0.3.7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team. Learn more

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GOLANGORGXTEXTINTERNALLANGUAGE-2400718
  • published14 Feb 2022
  • disclosed14 Feb 2022
  • creditnarroyog

Introduced: 14 Feb 2022

CVE-2021-38561  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade golang.org/x/text/internal/language to version 0.3.7 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read due to improper index calculation, an incorrectly formatted language tag can cause Parse to panic. If Parse is used to process untrusted user inputs, this may be used as a vector for a denial of service attack.

CVSS Scores

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