Infinite loop due to improper handling of "select" tags in golang.org/x/net/html
html.Parse does not properly handle "select" tags, which can lead to an infinite loop. If parsing user supplied input, this may be used as a denial of service vector.
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| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2018-17846US | high7.5 | — | ||
The html package (aka x/net/html) through 2018-09-25 in Go mishandles <table><math><select><mi><select></table>, leading to an infinite loop during an html.Parse call because inSel… | ||||
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