{"id":"GO-2021-0234","summary":"Infinite loop when decoding inputs in encoding/xml","details":"The Decode, DecodeElement, and Skip methods of an xml.Decoder provided by xml.NewTokenDecoder may enter an infinite loop when operating on a custom xml.TokenReader which returns an EOF in the middle of an open XML element.","aliases":["BIT-golang-2021-27918","CVE-2021-27918"],"modified":"2024-05-20T16:03:47Z","published":"2022-02-17T17:34:24Z","database_specific":{"url":"https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2021-0234","review_status":"REVIEWED"},"references":[{"type":"FIX","url":"https://go.dev/cl/300391"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://go.googlesource.com/go/+/d0b79e3513a29628f3599dc8860666b6eed75372"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://go.dev/issue/44913"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/MfiLYjG-RAw"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"stdlib","ecosystem":"Go","purl":"pkg:golang/stdlib"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.15.9"},{"introduced":"1.16.0-0"},{"fixed":"1.16.1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"imports":[{"path":"encoding/xml","symbols":["Decoder.Token"]}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://vuln.go.dev/ID/GO-2021-0234.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","credits":[{"name":"Sam Whited"}]}