Critical severity · published Oct 18, 2021
CVE-2021-38297
Go before 1.16.9 and 1.17.x before 1.17.2 has a Buffer Overflow via large arguments in a function invocation from a WASM module, when GOARCH=wasm GOOS=js is used
9.8
CVSS
11%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Go before 1.16.9 and 1.17.x before 1.17.2 has a Buffer Overflow via large arguments in a function invocation from a WASM module, when GOARCH=wasm GOOS=js is used.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)11.0% · higher than 96% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
34; 35 · source: NVD
GO
GO · Golang
before 1.16.9; 1.17.0 before 1.17.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38297
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-38297
groups.google.com
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/golang-announce
Mailing List
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/AEBu9j7yj5A
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00021.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4OFS3M3OFB24SWPTIAPARKGPUMQVUY6Z/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ON7BQRRJZBOR5TJHURBAB3WLF4YXFC6Z/
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-02
More from Fedora
10.0
CVE-2021-44228
Apache Log4j2 JNDI features do not protect against attacker controlled LDAP and other JNDI related endpoints
10.0
CVE-2015-3306
ProFTPD Improper Access Control Vulnerability
9.8
CVE-2024-4577
Argument Injection in PHP-CGI
9.8
CVE-2021-44026
Roundcube Webmail SQL Injection Vulnerability
9.8
CVE-2021-42013
Path Traversal and Remote Code Execution in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.49 and 2.4.50 (incomplete fix of CVE-2021-41773)