Vulnerability Intelligence Report
CVE-2018-16875
The crypto/x509 package of Go before 1.10.6 and 1.11.x before 1.11.3 does not limit the amount of work performed for each chain verification, which might allow attackers to craft pathological inputs leading to a CPU denial of service. Go TLS servers accepting client certificates and TLS clients are affected.
No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
5.9
MEDIUM
Exploitability:2.3
Impact Score:3.6
EPSS Probability:6.33%
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Attack Surface
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Authentication
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Weaponization
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SSVC Action
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Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-20 ↗CWE-20
Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| [UNKNOWN] | golang | 1.10.6 (affected), 1.11.3 (affected) |
References & Technical Advisories
No reference links found.
Threat Intelligence Signals
EPSS Score
6.325%
GitHub Advisory
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | Red Hat, Inc. · Vendor · USA |
| Reserved | 2018-09-11T00:00:00 |
| Published | 2018-12-14T14:00:00 |
| Patch Date | 2018-12-13 |
| Last Updated | 2024-08-05T10:32:54 |
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