CVE-2018-17846 — Infinite Loop in X NET

CWE-835 — Infinite LoopCWE-20 — Improper Input Validation14 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.7%
top 29.12%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Golang.org X NETGolang NETFedoraproject Fedora
Timeline
PublishedOct 1
Latest updateSep 25

Description

The html package (aka x/net/html) through 2018-09-25 in Go mishandles , leading to an infinite loop during an html.Parse call because inSelectIM and inSelectInTableIM do not comply with a specification.

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< 0.0.0-20190125091013-d26f9f9a57f3
▶NVDgolang/net2018-09-25

Also affects: Fedora 28, 29

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
x/net/html Vulnerable to DoS During HTML Parsing↗2023-09-25
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GHSA
x/net/html Vulnerable to DoS During HTML Parsing↗2023-09-25
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OSV
Infinite loop due to improper handling of "select" tags in golang.org/x/net/html↗2021-04-14
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CVEList
CVE-2018-17846: The html package (aka x/net/html) through 2018-09-25 in Go mishandles , leading to an infinite loop during an html↗2018-10-01
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OSV
CVE-2018-17846: The html package (aka x/net/html) through 2018-09-25 in Go mishandles , leading to an infinite loop during an html↗2018-10-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
golang-org-x-net-html: infinite loop during html.Parse() via inSelectIM and inSelectInTableIM↗2018-10-01
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💬Community

7
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17846 heketi: golang-org-x-net-html: infinite loop during html.Parse() via inSelectIM and inSelectInTableIM [fedora-all]↗2018-10-15
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17846 heketi: golang-org-x-net-html: infinite loop during html.Parse() via inSelectIM and inSelectInTableIM [epel-6]↗2018-10-15
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17846 kompose: golang-org-x-net-html: infinite loop during html.Parse() via inSelectIM and inSelectInTableIM [fedora-all]↗2018-10-15
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17846 golang-googlecode-net: golang-org-x-net-html: infinite loop during html.Parse() via inSelectIM and inSelectInTableIM [fedora-all]↗2018-10-15
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17846 golang-org-x-net-html: infinite loop during html.Parse() via inSelectIM and inSelectInTableIM↗2018-10-15
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