CVE-2022-2879

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CVSS 3.1

7.5 high

EPSS

2%p75

Published

Oct 14, 2022 (Oct 14, 2022)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

Reader.Read does not set a limit on the maximum size of file headers. A maliciously crafted archive could cause Read to allocate unbounded amounts of memory, potentially causing resource exhaustion or panics. After fix, Reader.Read limits the maximum size of header blocks to 1 MiB.

Vendors: golang
Products: go
Weakness: CWE-770
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.7%)

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