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01 Record

CVE-2018-17142

The html package (aka x/net/html) through 2018-09-17 in Go mishandles <math><template><mo><template>, leading to a "panic: runtime error" in parseCurrentToken in parse.go during an html.Parse call.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

The html package (aka x/net/html) through 2018-09-17 in Go mishandles <math><template><mo><template>, leading to a "panic: runtime error" in parseCurrentToken in parse.go during an html.Parse call.

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
2.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 83.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2018-09-17 14:00Z8 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-05 10:39Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2018-09-17
Assigning CNA
mitre
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
  • CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
8c6ffacaedda339da8e9dc009afde092a6558ca858a85fd3725ff09e7e7d05ca

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
fedoraprojectfedoraNot specified—
golangnetNot specified—
redhatceph_storageNot specified—
redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—
redhatopenshiftNot specified—
redhatopenstack-optoolsNot specified—
redhatstorageNot specified—

06 References