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CVE-2023-24537GO-2023-1702BIT-GOLANG-2023-24537

Infinite loop in parsing in go/scanner

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 1.19.8, 1.20.3
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

Calling any of the Parse functions on Go source code which contains //line directives with very large line numbers can cause an infinite loop due to integer overflow.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • go/scanner

    fixed in 1.19.8; From 1.20.0-0 · fixed in 1.20.3

  • stdlibGo

    fixed in 1.19.8; From 1.20.0-0 · fixed in 1.20.3

References 5

go.dev

groups.google.com

pkg.go.dev

security.gentoo.org