CVE-2022-1962

5.5 MEDIUM

Published: August 10, 2022 Modified: March 06, 2026

Description

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

https://go.dev/cl/417063

Source: security@golang.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

https://go.dev/issue/53616

Source: security@golang.org

Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory

https://go.googlesource.com/go/+/695be961d57508da5a82217f7415200a11845879

Source: security@golang.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/nqrv9fbR0zE

Source: security@golang.org

Release Notes Vendor Advisory

https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-0515

Source: security@golang.org

Vendor Advisory

https://go.dev/cl/417063