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NULL Pointer Dereference

CVE-2018-17075

High
7.5/10

Summary

The package golang.org/x/net versions prior to v0.0.0-20180816102801-aaf60122140d in Go mishandles "in frameset" insertion mode, leading to a "panic: runtime error" for html when operating on malformed HTML that contains <template> tags like <template><object>, <template><applet>, or <template><marquee>.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

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