CVE-2020-16845

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5

Description

Go before 1.13.15 and 14.x before 1.14.7 can have an infinite read loop in ReadUvarint and ReadVarint in encoding/binary via invalid inputs.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2020-16845

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2020-08-06T18:15:13

Last Modified Date
2023-02-03T02:28:49

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-835	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/835.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:golang:go::::::::	1	OR		1.13.15
cpe:2.3:a:golang:go::::::::	1	OR	1.14	1.14.7
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.2:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.2:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
5

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
10

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
7.5

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-announce/_ulYYcIWg3Q	Third Party Advisory
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-announce/NyPIaucMgXo	Patch Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00021.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00028.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KWRBAH4UZJO3RROQ72SYCUPFCJFA22FO/	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6RCFJTMKHY5ICGEM5BUFUEDDGSPJ25XU/	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TACQFZDPA7AUR6TRZBCX2RGRFSDYLI7O/	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WV2VWKFTH4EJGZBZALVUJQJOAQB5MDQ4/	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00029.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00030.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200924-0002/	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00037.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00038.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4848	Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16845
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-16845

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 07:11:37				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 20:38:22	2020-08-06T18:15Z	2020-08-06T18:15:13	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-04 20:38:22		2021-06-14T18:15:23	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-04 20:38:22		Undergoing Analysis	Vulnerability Status	updated
2023-02-03 03:15:19		2023-02-03T02:28:49	CVE Modified Date	updated
2023-02-03 03:15:19	Undergoing Analysis	Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated