CVE-2021-38297

high-risk
Published 2021-10-18

Go before 1.16.9 and 1.17.x before 1.17.2 has a Buffer Overflow via large arguments in a function invocation from a WASM module, when GOARCH=wasm GOOS=js is used.

Do I need to act?

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13.8% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 86% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Fix available
Upgrade to: c580180744e60d6c84fc0b59d634fcff01290780, 2ac3bdf378ae408ad8c993084c1c6f7d05b7dff8
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CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (3)

Go

Affected Vendors

Fedoraproject Golang

References (14)

https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/golang-announce
Mailing List https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/AEBu9j7yj5A
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00021.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro...
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro...
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-02
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211118-0006/
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/golang-announce
Mailing List https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/AEBu9j7yj5A
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00021.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro...
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro...
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-02
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211118-0006/
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high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 12/34 · Low
Exposure 9/34 · Low