GO-2021-0234

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    GO-2021-0234

    Published: 17 Feb 2022Last Modified: 20 May 2024

    Summary: Infinite loop when decoding inputs in encoding/xml

    Details: The Decode, DecodeElement, and Skip methods of an xml.Decoder provided by xml.NewTokenDecoder may enter an infinite loop when operating on a custom xml.TokenReader which returns an EOF in the middle of an open XML element.

    References: https://go.dev/cl/300391, https://go.googlesource.com/go/+/d0b79e3513a29628f3599dc8860666b6eed75372, https://go.dev/issue/44913, https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/MfiLYjG-RAw

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: stdlib

    Purl: pkg:golang/stdlib

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.15.9

    Affected versions

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    GO-2021-0234 | CVE-DB