{"id":"GHSA-q6gq-997w-f55g","summary":"Withdrawn Advisory: Infinite loop in xz","details":"### Withdrawn Advisory\nThis advisory has been withdrawn because alerts cannot be issued for the Go standard library at this time.\n\n### Original Description\nGo before 1.13.15 and 14.x before 1.14.7 can have an infinite read loop in ReadUvarint and ReadVarint in encoding/binary via invalid inputs.","aliases":["BIT-golang-2020-16845","CVE-2020-16845","GO-2021-0142"],"modified":"2025-10-14T19:37:19Z","published":"2021-12-16T19:16:40Z","withdrawn":"2025-10-14T19:37:18Z","database_specific":{"github_reviewed_at":"2021-06-18T22:05:40Z","github_reviewed":true,"severity":"HIGH","cwe_ids":["CWE-835"],"nvd_published_at":"2020-08-06T18:15:00Z"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16845"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/ulikunitz/xz/issues/35"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/ulikunitz/xz/commit/69c6093c7b2397b923acf82cb378f55ab2652b9b"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-announce/NyPIaucMgXo"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-announce/_ulYYcIWg3Q"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00037.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00038.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6RCFJTMKHY5ICGEM5BUFUEDDGSPJ25XU"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KWRBAH4UZJO3RROQ72SYCUPFCJFA22FO"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TACQFZDPA7AUR6TRZBCX2RGRFSDYLI7O"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WV2VWKFTH4EJGZBZALVUJQJOAQB5MDQ4"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200924-0002"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4848"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00021.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00028.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00029.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00030.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"github.com/ulikunitz/xz","ecosystem":"Go","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/ulikunitz/xz"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.5.8"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2021/12/GHSA-q6gq-997w-f55g/GHSA-q6gq-997w-f55g.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}