Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package golang.src (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
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- published14 Jan 2026
- disclosed6 Aug 2020
Introduced: 6 Aug 2020
CVE-2020-16845 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Red Hat security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for RHEL:10.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream golang.src package and not the golang.src package as distributed by RHEL.
Go before 1.13.15 and 14.x before 1.14.7 can have an infinite read loop in ReadUvarint and ReadVarint in encoding/binary via invalid inputs.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1867099
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16845
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-announce/NyPIaucMgXo
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-announce/_ulYYcIWg3Q
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6RCFJTMKHY5ICGEM5BUFUEDDGSPJ25XU/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KWRBAH4UZJO3RROQ72SYCUPFCJFA22FO/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TACQFZDPA7AUR6TRZBCX2RGRFSDYLI7O/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WV2VWKFTH4EJGZBZALVUJQJOAQB5MDQ4/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00028.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00029.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00030.html
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-announce/NyPIaucMgXo
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-announce/_ulYYcIWg3Q
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00037.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00038.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6RCFJTMKHY5ICGEM5BUFUEDDGSPJ25XU/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KWRBAH4UZJO3RROQ72SYCUPFCJFA22FO/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TACQFZDPA7AUR6TRZBCX2RGRFSDYLI7O/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WV2VWKFTH4EJGZBZALVUJQJOAQB5MDQ4/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200924-0002/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4848
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html