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CVE-2018-17142: NULL Pointer Dereference

May 13, 2022 (updated March 4, 2023)

The html package (aka x/net/html) through 2018-09-17 in Go mishandles , leading to a “panic: runtime error” in parseCurrentToken in parse.go during an html.Parse call.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-2wp2-chmh-r934
  • github.com/golang/go/issues/27702
  • go.dev/cl/136875
  • go.dev/issue/27702
  • go.googlesource.com/net/+/cf3bd585ca2a5a21b057abd8be7eea2204af89d0
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LREEWY6KNLHRWFZ7OT4HVLMVVCGGUHON/
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UKRCI7WIOCOCD3H7NXWRGIRABTQOZOBK/
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17142
  • pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-0192

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Affected versions

All versions before 0.0.0-20180925071336-cf3bd585ca2a

Fixed versions

  • 0.0.0-20180925071336-cf3bd585ca2a

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.0.0-20180925071336-cf3bd585ca2a or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Source file

go/golang.org/x/net/CVE-2018-17142.yml

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