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CVE-2018-17847: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

May 13, 2022 (updated February 23, 2023)

The html package (aka x/net/html) through 2018-09-25 in Go mishandles , leading to a “panic: runtime error” (index out of range) in (*nodeStack).pop in node.go, called from (*parser).clearActiveFormattingElements, during an html.Parse call.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-4r78-hx75-jjj2
  • github.com/golang/go/issues/27846
  • go.dev/cl/159397
  • go.dev/issue/27846
  • go.googlesource.com/net/+/4b62a64f59f73840b9ab79204c94fee61cd1ba2c
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LREEWY6KNLHRWFZ7OT4HVLMVVCGGUHON/
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UKRCI7WIOCOCD3H7NXWRGIRABTQOZOBK/
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17847
  • pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-0197

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Affected versions

All versions before 0.0.0-20190125002852-4b62a64f59f7

Fixed versions

  • 0.0.0-20190125002852-4b62a64f59f7

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.0.0-20190125002852-4b62a64f59f7 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Source file

go/golang.org/x/net/CVE-2018-17847.yml

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