Vulnerability in Golang Go
CVE-2021-44717
Go before 1.16.12 and 1.17.x before 1.17.5 on UNIX allows write operations to an unintended file or unintended network connection as a consequence of erroneous closing of file descriptor 0 after file-descriptor exhaustion.
EPSS: 0.019 (77.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
- Golang Go
- Opengroup Unix
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 9.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-44717?
- CVE-2021-44717 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Golang Go, classified under Improper Resource Shutdown or Release. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-01-01.
- How severe is CVE-2021-44717?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2021-44717 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.