Calling any of the Parse functions on Go source code which contains //line directives with very large line numbers can cause an infinite loop due to integer overflow.
CVE-2023-24537
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2023-04-06. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 69.5%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
April 6, 2023
Last Modified
February 12, 2025
References (11)
- security@golanghttps://go.dev/cl/482078
- security@golanghttps://go.dev/issue/59180
- security@golanghttps://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/Xdv6JL9ENs8
- security@golanghttps://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2023-1702
- security@golanghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-09
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://go.dev/cl/482078
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://go.dev/issue/59180
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/Xdv6JL9ENs8
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2023-1702
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-09
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241129-0004/
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2023-24537(20)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2024:2944Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: AMQ Broker 7.12.0.OPR.1.GA Container Images release and security update
- RHSA-2023:6939Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: container-tools:rhel8 security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2023:6938Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: container-tools:4.0 security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2023:6474Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: podman security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- RHSA-2023:6363Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: skopeo security update
- RHBA-2023:6109Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: MTV 2.4.3 Images
- RHSA-2023:5964Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2.5 (collectd-libpod-stats) security update
- RHSA-2023:4986Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Distributed Tracing 2.9.0 security update
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Patch Availability(30)
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| stdlib | — | 1.20.3 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(11)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2023-245372025-09-04
Infinite loop in parsing in go/scanner
- Red HatRHSA-2023:3167MODERATE2023-04-04
RHSA-2023:3167 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:3318MODERATE2023-04-04
RHSA-2023:3318 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:3319MODERATE2023-04-04
RHSA-2023:3319 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:3323MODERATE2023-04-04
RHSA-2023:3323 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:3366MODERATE2023-04-04
RHSA-2023:3366 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:3367MODERATE2023-04-04
RHSA-2023:3367 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:3445MODERATE2023-04-04
RHSA-2023:3445 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:3450MODERATE2023-04-04
RHSA-2023:3450 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:3455MODERATE2023-04-04
RHSA-2023:3455 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:4335MODERATE2023-04-04
RHSA-2023:4335 — Moderate
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