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CVE-2018-17142

Published: 17 September 2018

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

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
introduced by:
https://github.com/golang/net/commit/500e7a4f953ddaf55d316b4d3adc516aa0379622

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
golang-golang-x-net-dev
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(code not present)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(code not present)
trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/golang/net/commit/cf3bd585ca2a5a21b057abd8be7eea2204af89d0

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H