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 severity · published Aug 6, 2020

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

7.5

CVSS

4.9%

EPSS

On KEV

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 vector

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

Attack vector

Network

Complexity

Low

Privileges

None

User interaction

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Scope

Unchanged

Exploitation

Is it being used?

Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.9% · higher than 92% of CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet

CISA KEVNot listed

Ransomware campaign useNot known

Affected products

Which versions

Debian Linux · Debian

9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD

Fedora · Fedoraproject

31; 32 · source: NVD

GO · Golang

before 1.13.15; 1.14 before 1.14.7 · source: NVD

Leap · Opensuse

15.1; 15.2 · source: NVD

Affected product

Debian Linux

Debian

All Debian Linux CVEs

References

NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16845

CVE.org

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-16845

Mailing List

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00021.html

Mailing List

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00028.html

Mailing List

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00029.html

Mailing List

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00030.html

groups.google.com

https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-announce/NyPIaucMgXo

groups.google.com

https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-announce/_ulYYcIWg3Q