Vulnerability Details CVE-2023-23626
go-bitfield is a simple bitfield package for the go language aiming to be more performant that the standard library. When feeding untrusted user input into the size parameter of `NewBitfield` and `FromBytes` functions, an attacker can trigger `panic`s. This happen when the `size` is a not a multiple of `8` or is negative. There were already a note in the `NewBitfield` documentation, however known users of this package are subject to this issue. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should ensure that `size` is a multiple of 8 before calling `NewBitfield` or `FromBytes`.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.002
EPSS Ranking 40.2%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.9
References
- https://github.com/ipfs/go-bitfield/commit/5e1d256fe043fc4163343ccca83862c69c52e579
- https://github.com/ipfs/go-bitfield/security/advisories/GHSA-2h6c-j3gf-xp9r
- https://github.com/ipfs/go-bitfield/commit/5e1d256fe043fc4163343ccca83862c69c52e579
- https://github.com/ipfs/go-bitfield/security/advisories/GHSA-2h6c-j3gf-xp9r
Products affected by CVE-2023-23626
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cpe:2.3:a:protocol:go-bitfield:-
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cpe:2.3:a:protocol:go-bitfield:1.0.0