CVE-2018-17142 — NULL Pointer Dereference in X NET

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer DereferenceCWE-20 — Improper Input Validation13 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.7%
top 29.07%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Golang.org X NETGolang NETFedoraproject Fedora
Timeline
PublishedSep 17
Latest updateJul 1

Description

The html package (aka x/net/html) through 2018-09-17 in Go mishandles , leading to a "panic: runtime error" in parseCurrentToken in parse.go during an html.Parse call.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Gogolang.org/x_net< 0.0.0-20180925071336-cf3bd585ca2a
▶NVDgolang/net2018-09-17

Also affects: Fedora 28, 29

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
Incorrect parsing of nested templates in golang.org/x/net/html↗2022-07-01
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OSV
golang.org/x/net/html NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability↗2022-05-13
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GHSA
golang.org/x/net/html NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2018-17142: The html package (aka x/net/html) through 2018-09-17 in Go mishandles , leading to a "panic: runtime error" in parseCurrentToken in parse↗2018-09-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
golang-org-x-net-html: Runtime panic in html.Parse() via crafted html↗2018-09-26
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💬Community

7
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17142 golang-googlecode-net: golang-org-x-net-html: Runtime panic in html.Parse() via crafted html [fedora-all]↗2018-10-15
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17142 golang-googlecode-net: golang-org-x-net-html: Runtime panic in html.Parse() via crafted html [epel-6]↗2018-10-15
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17142 kompose: golang-org-x-net-html: Runtime panic in html.Parse() via crafted html [fedora-all]↗2018-09-26
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17142 heketi: golang-org-x-net-html: Runtime panic in html.Parse() via crafted html [fedora-all]↗2018-09-26
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17142 heketi: golang-org-x-net-html: Runtime panic in html.Parse() via crafted html [epel-6]↗2018-09-26
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