Out-of-bounds Read Affecting hey package, versions <0.1.4-r3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-HEY-5846587
  • published21 Aug 2023
  • disclosed26 Dec 2022

Introduced: 26 Dec 2022

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard hey to version 0.1.4-r3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream hey package and not the hey package as distributed by Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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