CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-2879
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-10-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-770
Description
Reader.Read does not set a limit on the maximum size of file headers. A maliciously crafted archive could cause Read to allocate unbounded amounts of memory, potentially causing resource exhaustion or panics. After fix, Reader.Read limits the maximum size of header blocks to 1 MiB.
Affected configurations
• golang go (< 1.18.7)
• golang go (>= 1.19.0 < 1.19.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling weakness
References
- https://go.dev/cl/439355 Patch
- https://go.dev/issue/54853 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/xtuG5faxtaU Mailing List, Release Notes
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-1037 Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-09 security.gentoo.org
- https://go.dev/cl/439355 Patch
- https://go.dev/issue/54853 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/xtuG5faxtaU Mailing List, Release Notes
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-1037 Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-09 security.gentoo.org