CVE-2020-16845
Unbounded read from invalid inputs in encoding/binary
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.15%
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.
How to fix CVE-2020-16845
To remediate CVE-2020-16845, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Bitnami/golang—upgrade to 1.13.15 or later
- —upgrade to 1.15~rc2-1 or later
- —upgrade to 0.5.8 or later
- —upgrade to 1.13.15 or later
Is CVE-2020-16845 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 1.13.15, >= 1.14.0, < 1.14.7
- from 0, < 1.15~rc2-1
- from 0, < 0.5.8
- from 0, < 1.13.15, >= 1.14.0-0, < 1.14.7
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 |