DEBIAN-CVE-2021-27918

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-27918
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-27918.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-27918
Upstream
Published
2021-03-11T00:15:12Z
Modified
2025-09-25T22:40:42Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / golang-1.15

Package

Name
golang-1.15
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/golang-1.15?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.15.9-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}