CVE-2021-38297
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 10.9% (pctl 96)
Patch early
EPSS 10.9% — above the 10% action threshold.
Description
Go before 1.16.9 and 1.17.x before 1.17.2 has a Buffer Overflow via large arguments in a function invocation from a WASM module, when GOARCH=wasm GOOS=js is used.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 10.87% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-120 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2021-10-18 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| fedoraproject | fedora |
| golang | go |
References
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/golang-announce
- https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/AEBu9j7yj5A
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00021.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4OFS3M3OFB24SWPTIAPARKGPUMQVUY6Z/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ON7BQRRJZBOR5TJHURBAB3WLF4YXFC6Z/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-02
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211118-0006/
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/golang-announce
- https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/AEBu9j7yj5A
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00021.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4OFS3M3OFB24SWPTIAPARKGPUMQVUY6Z/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ON7BQRRJZBOR5TJHURBAB3WLF4YXFC6Z/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-02
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211118-0006/
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