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golang.org/x/net/html NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated May 20, 2024

Package

gomod golang.org/x/net (Go)

Affected versions

< 0.0.0-20180816102801-aaf60122140d

Patched versions

0.0.0-20180816102801-aaf60122140d

Description

The html package (aka x/net/html) before 2018-07-13 in Go mishandles "in frameset" insertion mode, leading to a "panic: runtime error" for html.Parse of , , or . This is related to HTMLTreeBuilder.cpp in WebKit.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Sep 16, 2018
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Reviewed Feb 8, 2023
Last updated May 20, 2024

Severity

High
7.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2018-17075

GHSA ID

GHSA-5p4h-3377-7w67

Source code

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