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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-16845

Go before 1.13.15 and 14.x before 1.14.7 can have an infinite read loop in ReadUvarint and ReadVarint in encoding/binary via invalid inputs.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 4.73%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.73%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Go before 1.13.15 and 14.x before 1.14.7 can have an infinite read loop in ReadUvarint and ReadVarint in encoding/binary via invalid inputs.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
4.73% probability · 91th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-835
Affected
golang/go · opensuse/leap · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.