encoding/xml in Go before 1.15.9 and 1.16.x before 1.16.1 has an infinite loop if a custom TokenReader (for xml.NewTokenDecoder) returns EOF in the middle of an element. This can occur in the Decode, DecodeElement, or Skip method.
References
Link Resource
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/MfiLYjG-RAw Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-02 Third Party Advisory
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-03-10T23:54:43

Updated: 2022-08-04T15:11:04

Reserved: 2021-03-03T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2021-27918

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2021-03-11T00:15:12.030

Modified: 2022-12-13T16:28:13.860


Link: CVE-2021-27918

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