CVE-2021-38561 (GCVE-0-2021-38561)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-26 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-14 16:15
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Summary
golang.org/x/text/language in golang.org/x/text before 0.3.7 can panic with an out-of-bounds read during BCP 47 language tag parsing. Index calculation is mishandled. If parsing untrusted user input, this can be used as a vector for a denial-of-service attack.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
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