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CVE-2021-27918 (GCVE-0-2021-27918)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-03-10 23:54 – Updated: 2024-08-03 21:33
VLAI
Summary
encoding/xml in Go before 1.15.9 and 1.16.x before 1.16.1 has an infinite loop if a custom TokenReader (for xml.NewTokenDecoder) returns EOF in the middle of an element. This can occur in the Decode, DecodeElement, or Skip method.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/Mfi… x_refsource_MISC
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-02 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
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