Resource exhaustion in Golang Go

CVE-2019-6486

Go before 1.10.8 and 1.11.x before 1.11.5 mishandles P-521 and P-384 elliptic curves, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) or possibly conduct ECDH private key recovery attacks.

EPSS: 0.043 (90.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-6486?
CVE-2019-6486 is a high-severity vulnerability in Golang Go, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2019-01-24.
How severe is CVE-2019-6486?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.