GO-2023-1702

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    GO-2023-1702

    Published: 5 Apr 2023Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Infinite loop in parsing in go/scanner

    Details: Calling any of the Parse functions on Go source code which contains //line directives with very large line numbers can cause an infinite loop due to integer overflow.

    References: https://go.dev/issue/59180, https://go.dev/cl/482078, https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/Xdv6JL9ENs8

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: stdlib

    Purl: pkg:golang/stdlib

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.19.8

    Affected versions

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    GO-2023-1702 | CVE-DB