High severity · published Apr 6, 2023
CVE-2023-24537
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
7.5
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
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)1.4% · higher than 73% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GO
GO · Golang
before 1.19.8; 1.20.0 before 1.20.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-24537
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-24537
Issue Tracking
https://go.dev/cl/482078
Issue Tracking
https://go.dev/issue/59180
Mailing List
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/Xdv6JL9ENs8
Vendor Advisory
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2023-1702
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-09
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241129-0004/
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