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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-44717

Go before 1.16.12 and 1.17.x before 1.17.5 on UNIX allows write operations to an unintended file or unintended network connection as a consequence of erroneous closing of file descriptor 0 after file-descriptor exhaustion.

MEDIUM 4.8EPSS 1.86%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.86%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Go before 1.16.12 and 1.17.x before 1.17.5 on UNIX allows write operations to an unintended file or unintended network connection as a consequence of erroneous closing of file descriptor 0 after file-descriptor exhaustion.

CVSS 3.1
4.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
1.86% probability · 78th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-404
Affected
golang/go · debian/debian linux
Source
cve@mitre.org

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