CVE-2024-45338 (GCVE-0-2024-45338)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-12-18 20:38 – Updated: 2025-02-21 18:03
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Non-linear parsing of case-insensitive content in golang.org/x/net/html
Summary
An attacker can craft an input to the Parse functions that would be processed non-linearly with respect to its length, resulting in extremely slow parsing. This could cause a denial of service.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-12-31 19:51 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| golang.org/x/net | golang.org/x/net/html |
Affected:
0 , < 0.33.0
(semver)
|
guessed |
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