CVE-2020-16845

unknown
Published 2021-12-16 · Modified 2024-05-20
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
VIR risk

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-16845

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16845.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbullseyefixed1.15~rc2-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
golang Gogithub.com/ulikunitz/xz<0.5.80.5.8
golang Gostdlib>=1.14.0-0,<1.14.71.13.15

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.