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1 vulnerability found for golang.org/x/sys/windows by golang.org/x/sys
CVE-2026-39824 (GCVE-0-2026-39824)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-22 19:39 – Updated: 2026-05-22 19:39
VLAI
Title
Invoking integer overflow in NewNTUnicodeString in golang.org/x/sys/windows
Summary
NewNTUnicodeString does not check for string length overflow. When provided with a string that overflows the maximum size of a NTUnicodeString (a 16-bit number of bytes), it returns a truncated string rather than an error.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- CWE-190 - Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| golang.org/x/sys | golang.org/x/sys/windows |
Affected:
0 , < 0.44.0
(semver)
|
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