Infinite loop Affecting std/go/scanner package, versions <1.19.8>=1.20.0-0 <1.20.3
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- published6 Jan 2026
- disclosed5 Apr 2023
- creditPhilippe Antoine
Introduced: 5 Apr 2023
CVE-2023-24537 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade std/go/scanner to version 1.19.8, 1.20.3 or higher.
Overview
std/go/scanner is a Go standard library package std/go/scanner
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Infinite loop.
Go Vulnerability Report:
Calling any of the Parse functions on Go source code which contains //line directives with very large line numbers can cause an infinite loop due to integer overflow.