CVE-2022-2879

Published: 14 October 2022

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.

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
golang-1.19 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	kinetic	Not vulnerable (1.19.2-1ubuntu1)
	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Ignored (end of standard support)
	upstream	Released (1.19.2-1)
	xenial	Ignored (end of standard support)
	lunar	Not vulnerable (1.19.2-1ubuntu1)
golang-1.18 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Released (1.18.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.4) Available with Ubuntu Pro
	trusty	Ignored (end of standard support)
	bionic	Released (1.18.1-1ubuntu1~18.04.4)
	focal	Released (1.18.1-1ubuntu1~20.04.2)
	jammy	Released (1.18.1-1ubuntu1.1)
	lunar	Does not exist
golang-1.17 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	trusty	Ignored (end of standard support)
	xenial	Ignored (end of standard support)
	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Does not exist
	jammy	Needed
	upstream	Needs triage

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

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