CVE-2021-38297

highpriority · attend · 53EPSS 0.110 · 96 %ileexploit · PoCDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

2 exploits · PoC

Likely / severe?

11.0% (96th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

13 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Go before 1.16.9 and 1.17.x before 1.17.2 has a Buffer Overflow via large arguments in a function invocation from a WASM module, when GOARCH=wasm GOOS=js is used.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.19.3criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-120USprimary

exploits (2)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

gkrishnan724/CVE-2021-38297A Proof of concept scenario for exploitation of CVE2021-38297 GO WASM buffer-overflowPoC · poc_in_github
paras98/CVE-2021-38297-Go-wasm-Replicationparas98/CVE-2021-38297-Go-wasm-ReplicationPoC · poc_in_github

affected products (13)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Dell ECS <3.8.1.0all versionscert_bundDE
Dell PowerEdgeall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:dell:poweredge:-
IBM InfoSphere Information Serverall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:infosphere_information_server:-
Dell ECS< 3.8.1.0cert_bundDE
n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
fedoraproject fedora= 34nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora= 35nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
golang go< 1.16.9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
golang go1.17.0 → 1.17.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami golang< 1.16.9osvUSpkg:bitnami/golang
Bitnami golang1.17.0 → 1.17.2osvUSpkg:bitnami/golang
Go toolchain< 1.16.9osvUSpkg:golang/toolchain
Go toolchain1.17.0-0 → 1.17.2osvUSpkg:golang/toolchain

advisories (4)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-2229Splunk Splunk Enterprise: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-08-30csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentifizierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Splunk Splunk Enterprise ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, einen 'Denial of Service'-Zustand zu verursachen, seine Privilegien zu erweitern und weitere, nicht spezifizierte Auswirkungen zu verursachen.
WID-SEC-W-2024-0794Dell ECS: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-04-04csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Dell ECS ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erweitern, beliebigen Programmcode mit Administratorrechten auszuführen, Informationen offenzulegen, Dateien zu manipulieren, einen Cross-Site-Scripting-Angriff durchzuführen, Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen oder einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen.
BIT-golang-2021-382972024-03-06vendor · osvUS
Go before 1.16.9 and 1.17.x before 1.17.2 has a Buffer Overflow via large arguments in a function invocation from a WASM module, when GOARCH=wasm GOOS=js is used.
GO-2022-0247Buffer overflow in WASM modules in misc/wasm and cmd/link2022-05-24vendor · osvUS
When invoking functions from WASM modules, built using GOARCH=wasm GOOS=js, passing very large arguments can cause portions of the module to be overwritten with data from the arguments due to a buffer overflow error. If using wasm_exec.js to execute WASM modules, users will need to replace their copy (as described in https://golang.org/wiki/WebAssembly#getting-started) after rebuilding any modules.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd osv cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2021-10-18modified 2026-06-17

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references (32)

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