🛡️ CVE-2018-16875 — stdlib

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

Denial of service in chain verification in crypto/x509

The crypto/x509 package 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 verifying certificates are affected.

Affected software

CVE-2018-16875 is recorded against 1 package.

  • stdlib

Timeline and source

Published on 15 July 2022 and last revised on 20 May 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from OSV.

References

go.dev (Fix)
go.googlesource.com (Fix)
go.dev (Report)
groups.google.com (Web)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-07-15
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2024-05-20

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
stdlib — —

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