#VU64266 Buffer overflow in Go programming language - CVE-2022-24675

 

#VU64266 Buffer overflow in Go programming language - CVE-2022-24675

Published: June 14, 2022 / Updated: July 20, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU64266
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-24675
CWE-ID: CWE-120
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Go programming language
Software vendor:
Google

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists in the Golang's library encoding/pem. A remote attacker can send to victim a large (more than 5 MB) PEM input to cause a stack overflow in Decode and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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