CVE-2021-38561

Published: Dec 26, 2022Modified: Apr 14, 2025

7.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Golang: Text

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Golang Text	Before 0.3.7

Related CWEs

Out-of-bounds Read

The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

References (8)

https://deps.dev/advisory/OSV/GO-2021-0113

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchThird Party Advisory

https://go.googlesource.com/text/+/383b2e75a7a4198c42f8f87833eefb772868a56f

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListPatchVendor Advisory

https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/text/language

Source: cve@mitre.org

ProductVendor Advisory

https://deps.dev/advisory/OSV/GO-2021-0113

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchThird Party Advisory

https://go.googlesource.com/text/+/383b2e75a7a4198c42f8f87833eefb772868a56f

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing ListPatchVendor Advisory

https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/text/language

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ProductVendor Advisory

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