CVE-2022-30631

7.5 HIGH

Published: August 10, 2022 Modified: October 20, 2025

Description

Uncontrolled recursion in Reader.Read in compress/gzip before Go 1.17.12 and Go 1.18.4 allows an attacker to cause a panic due to stack exhaustion via an archive containing a large number of concatenated 0-length compressed files.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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/417067

Source: security@golang.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

https://go.dev/issue/53168

Source: security@golang.org

Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

https://go.googlesource.com/go/+/b2b8872c876201eac2d0707276c6999ff3eb185e

Source: security@golang.org

Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory

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

Source: security@golang.org

Mailing List Vendor Advisory

https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-0524

Source: security@golang.org

Vendor Advisory

https://go.dev/cl/417067