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

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.16% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-GOLANG-GOLANGORGXTEXTINTERNALLANGUAGE-2400718
  • published 14 Feb 2022
  • disclosed 14 Feb 2022
  • credit narroyog

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

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
7.5 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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NVD

7.5 high
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Red Hat

7.5 high