Stack Exhaustion Vulnerability in Go Programming Language
CVE-2022-24921

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Golang

Status
Go
Vendor
CVE Published:
5 March 2022

What is CVE-2022-24921?

The Go programming language is impacted by a stack exhaustion vulnerability due to the handling of deeply nested expressions in the regexp.Compile function. This issue affects versions before 1.16.15 and 1.17.x prior to 1.17.8, allowing crafted input to lead to excessive stack memory consumption, potentially crippling applications relying on this parsing feature.

References

https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/RP1hfrBYVuk
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220325-0010/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg0...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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