Infinite loop when decoding inputs in encoding/xml
The Decode, DecodeElement, and Skip methods of an xml.Decoder provided by xml.NewTokenDecoder may enter an infinite loop when operating on a custom xml.TokenReader which returns an EOF in the middle of an open XML element.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2021-27918US | high7.5 | — | ||
encoding/xml in Go before 1.15.9 and 1.16.x before 1.16.1 has an infinite loop if a custom TokenReader (for xml.NewTokenDecoder) returns EOF in the middle of an element. This can o… | ||||
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