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CVE-2023-23626
February 09, 2023
go-bitfield is a simple bitfield package for the go language aiming to be more performant that the standard library. When feeding untrusted user input into the size parameter of "NewBitfield" and "FromBytes" functions, an attacker can trigger "panic"s. This happen when the "size" is a not a multiple of "8" or is negative. There were already a note in the "NewBitfield" documentation, however known users of this package are subject to this issue. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should ensure that "size" is a multiple of 8 before calling "NewBitfield" or "FromBytes".
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input
EPSS
Base Score:
0.47