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CVE-2021-38297

Published: 18 October 2021

Go before 1.16.9 and 1.17.x before 1.17.2 has a Buffer Overflow via large arguments in a function invocation from a WASM module, when GOARCH=wasm GOOS=js is used.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
Packages built using golang need to be rebuilt once the
vulnerability has been fixed. This CVE entry does not
list packages that need rebuilding outside of the main
repository or the Ubuntu variants with PPA overlays.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
golang
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

upstream
Released (1.17.2, 1.16.9)
golang-1.10
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

trusty Needs triage

xenial Needs triage

bionic Needs triage

focal Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

golang-1.13
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
jammy Needs triage

kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
lunar Does not exist

impish Ignored
(end of life)
hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist

bionic Needs triage

focal Needs triage

upstream Needs triage

xenial Needs triage

golang-1.14
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

focal Needs triage

upstream Needs triage

golang-1.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
impish Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
upstream Needs triage

golang-1.16
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
impish Ignored
(end of life)
jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist

xenial Ignored
(end of standard support)
focal Needs triage

upstream Needs triage

bionic Needs triage

golang-1.6
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

xenial Needs triage

bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

golang-1.8
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

bionic Needs triage

focal Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

golang-1.9
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

bionic Needs triage

focal Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H