🛡️ CVE-2020-7919 — golang
Description
Panic in certificate parsing in crypto/x509 and golang.org/x/crypto/cryptobyte
On 32-bit architectures, a malformed input to crypto/x509 or the ASN.1 parsing functions of golang.org/x/crypto/cryptobyte can lead to a panic.
The malformed certificate can be delivered via a crypto/tls connection to a client, or to a server that accepts client certificates. net/http clients can be made to crash by an HTTPS server, while net/http servers that accept client certificates will recover the panic and are unaffected.
Affected software
CVE-2020-7919 is recorded against 3 packages.
- golang
- golang.org/x/crypto
- stdlib
Timeline and source
Published on 6 March 2024 and last revised on 3 April 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
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Details
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| golang | — | — |
| golang.org/x/crypto | — | — |
| stdlib | — | — |
References
Similar Threats
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