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dhowden tag panic due to out-of-bounds read

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated May 20, 2024

Package

gomod github.com/dhowden/tag (Go)

Affected versions

< 0.0.0-20201120070457-d52dcb253c63

Patched versions

0.0.0-20201120070457-d52dcb253c63

Description

Due to improper bounds checking, a number of methods in dhowden tag before 0.0.0-20201120070457-d52dcb253c63 can trigger a panic via readAPICFrame due to attempted out-of-bounds reads. If the package is used to parse user supplied input, this may be used as a vector for a denial of service attack.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 28, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Reviewed Feb 7, 2023
Last updated May 20, 2024

Severity

Moderate
6.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

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

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2020-29243

GHSA ID

GHSA-9wm7-rc47-g56m

Source code

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