CVE-2021-38561 — Out-of-bounds Read in X Text
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 83.46%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 26
Latest updateFeb 16
Description
golang.org/x/text/language in golang.org/x/text before 0.3.7 can panic with an out-of-bounds read during BCP 47 language tag parsing. Index calculation is mishandled. If parsing untrusted user input, this can be used as a vector for a denial-of-service attack.
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
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
6📋Vendor Advisories
4Microsoft▶
golang.org/x/text/language in golang.org/x/text before 0.3.7 can panic with an out-of-bounds read during BCP 47 language tag parsing. Index calculation is mishandled. If parsing untrusted user input t↗2022-12-13
Debian▶
CVE-2021-38561: golang-golang-x-text - golang.org/x/text/language in golang.org/x/text before 0.3.7 can panic with an o...↗2021