Vulnerability in Golang Go
CVE-2022-1962
Uncontrolled recursion in the Parse functions in go/parser before Go 1.17.12 and Go 1.18.4 allow an attacker to cause a panic due to stack exhaustion via deeply nested types or declarations.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (58.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Golang Go
- Go Standard Library Go/parser — versions 0, 1.18.0-0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- go.dev/cl/417063 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- go.googlesource.com/go/+/695be961d57508da5a82217f7415200a11845879 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- go.dev/issue/53616 (Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/nqrv9fbR0zE (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-0515 (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-1962?
- CVE-2022-1962 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Golang Go, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-08-10.
- How severe is CVE-2022-1962?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-1962 known to be exploited?
- 8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.