CVE-2018-16875
The crypto/x509 package of Go before 1.10.6 and 1.11.x before 1.11.3 does not limit the amount of work performed for each chain verification, which might...
- Published
- Dec 14, 2018
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Evidence observed
- Aug 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:CLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 93.4%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
The crypto/x509 package of Go before 1.10.6 and 1.11.x before 1.11.3 does not limit the amount of work performed for each chain verification, which might allow attackers to craft pathological inputs leading to a CPU denial of service. Go TLS servers accepting client certificates and TLS clients are affected.
Sources
1Proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2018-16875, demonstrating the vulnerability and its impact for security research and testing.
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