CVE-2018-17846 describes an infinite loop vulnerability in the Go html package (x/net/html) affecting Fedora and Go products. This flaw occurs when parsing a malformed HTML structure involving nested table, math, and select tags, due to non-compliant handling of inSelectIM and inSelectInTableIM states. Rated 7.5 HIGH (CVSSv3.1), it is a network-exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability requiring no user interaction, with a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2018-09-25CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:golang:net:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
28CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
29CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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