CVE-2021-38297
9.8 CRITICALGo before 1.16.9 and 1.17.x before 1.17.2 has a Buffer Overflow via large arguments in a function invocation from a WASM module, when GOA...
Published: 2021-10-18 · Last updated: 2026-06-17
Severity and scoring
- CVSS
- 9.8 CRITICAL
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CWE
- CWE-120
Affected products
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| fedoraproject | fedora, go |
| golang | fedora, go |
Description
Go before 1.16.9 and 1.17.x before 1.17.2 has a Buffer Overflow via large arguments in a function invocation from a WASM module, when GOARCH=wasm GOOS=js is used.
Source: NVD
References
- [NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38297
- [Other]https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/golang-announce
- [Other]https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/AEBu9j7yj5A
- [Other]https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00021.html
- [Other]https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4OFS3M3OFB24SWPTIAPARKGPUMQVUY6Z/
- [Other]https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ON7BQRRJZBOR5TJHURBAB3WLF4YXFC6Z/
- [Other]https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-02
- [Other]https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211118-0006/
- [Other]https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/golang-announce
- [Other]https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/AEBu9j7yj5A
- [Other]https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00021.html
- [Other]https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4OFS3M3OFB24SWPTIAPARKGPUMQVUY6Z/
- [Other]https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ON7BQRRJZBOR5TJHURBAB3WLF4YXFC6Z/
- [Other]https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-02
- [Other]https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211118-0006/
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