Vulnerability CVE-2022-2879


Published: 2022-10-14

Description:
Reader.Read does not set a limit on the maximum size of file headers. A maliciously crafted archive could cause Read to allocate unbounded amounts of memory, potentially causing resource exhaustion or panics. After fix, Reader.Read limits the maximum size of header blocks to 1 MiB.

 References:
https://go.dev/issue/54853
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/xtuG5faxtaU
https://go.dev/cl/439355
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-1037

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