CVE-2018-17846
Infinite loop due to improper handling of "select" tags in golang.org/x/net/html
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.65%
Description
html.Parse does not properly handle "select" tags, which can lead to an infinite loop. If parsing user supplied input, this may be used as a denial of service vector.
How to fix CVE-2018-17846
To remediate CVE-2018-17846, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Go/golang.org/x/net—upgrade to 0.0.0-20190125091013-d26f9f9a57f3 or later
- —upgrade to 0.0.0-20190125091013-d26f9f9a57f3 or later
Is CVE-2018-17846 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 0.0.0-20190125091013-d26f9f9a57f3
- from 0, < 0.0.0-20190125091013-d26f9f9a57f3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |