CVE-2021-27918

Name
CVE-2021-27918
Description
encoding/xml in Go before 1.15.9 and 1.16.x before 1.16.1 has an infinite loop if a custom TokenReader (for xml.NewTokenDecoder) returns EOF in the middle of an element. This can occur in the Decode, DecodeElement, or Skip method.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Mailing List https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/MfiLYjG-RAw

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* go >= None < 1.15.9
cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* go >= 1.16.0 < 1.16.1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status