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CVE-2021-38561

Published: Dec 26, 2022Updated: Apr 14, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-125
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
1.4%
Top 32.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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 Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-125

Affected Products

Helm-docsnorwoodj
Library
DevTools & CI / build-test-tools
textСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
textgolangOSS Libraries
n/an/a
golang.org/x/textGoOSS Libraries
norwoodjindividual-devDevTools & CIaka helm-docs
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
golangoss-projectUSOSS Libraries
gopackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ppp9-7jff-5vj2
github.com
https://deps.dev/advisory/OSV/GO-2021-0113
deps.dev
https://go.googlesource.com/text/+/383b2e75a7a4198c42f8f87833eefb772868a56f
go.googlesource.com
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Timeline

Published
Dec 26, 2022
Last Updated
Apr 14, 2025

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