CVE-2018-17846
The html package (aka x/net/html) through 2018-09-25 in Go mishandles <math><select><mi><select> , leading to an infinite loop during an html.Parse call because inSelectIM and inSelectInTableIM do not
02 Description
The html package (aka x/net/html) through 2018-09-25 in Go mishandles <math><select><mi><select> , leading to an infinite loop during an html.Parse call because inSelectIM and inSelectInTableIM do not
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
- 2.51% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 84.6% 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
- 2018-10-01 08:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 10:54Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-10-01
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- faa41d99e86815a9774448ce47c4963445b38c9543487789c040a261e9ee86ba
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/golang/go/issues/27842
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-07d447a1d3https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LREEWY6KNLHRWFZ7OT4HVLMVVCGGUHON/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-07e8e806e0https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UKRCI7WIOCOCD3H7NXWRGIRABTQOZOBK/
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- golang-golang-x-net-dev No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- golang-golang-x-net-dev No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS
- golang-golang-x-net-dev No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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