GO-2023-1702

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Source

https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2023-1702

Import Source

https://vuln.go.dev/ID/GO-2023-1702.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GO-2023-1702

Aliases

Downstream

CGA (28)

Published

2023-04-05T21:05:07Z

Modified

2026-07-17T21:10:51Z

Summary

Infinite loop in parsing in go/scanner

Details

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.

Database specific

{
    "review_status":  "REVIEWED",
    "url":  "https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2023-1702"
}

References

Credits

- Philippe Antoine (Catena cyber)

Affected packages

Go / stdlib

Package

Name: stdlib; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:golang/stdlib

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.19.8

Introduced

1.20.0-0

Fixed

1.20.3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "imports":  [
        {
            "path":  "go/scanner",
            "symbols":  [
                "Scanner.Scan",
                "Scanner.updateLineInfo"
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://vuln.go.dev/ID/GO-2023-1702.json"