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TI-2021-15910 Aliases CVE-2021-38297GHSA-xv38-944c-p763

Go before 1.16.9 and 1.17.x before 1.17.2 has a Buffer Overflow via large arguments in a…

Priority MEDIUM 55CWE-120Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 3 fixed, 6 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-120 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.10962 95th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 3 advisoriesRed Hat: 3 fixed, 6 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 1.16.9; 1.17.0 to before 1.17.2VulnerableGo standard library
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*34VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*35VulnerableFedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.16.9; 1.17.0 to before 1.17.2 Vulnerable ·Go standard library
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 34 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 35 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject

Remediation

Red Hat 3 advisories

  • RHSA-2022:1819 Released 2022-05-10 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    go-toolset:rhel8 security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) delve-1.7.2-1.module+el8.6.0+12972+ebab5911.src::go-toolset:rhel8, delve-1.7.2-1.module+el8.6.0+12972+ebab5911.x86_64::go-toolset:rhel8, go-toolset-1.17.7-1.module+el8.6.0+14297+32a15e19.aarch64::go-toolset:rhel8 +18
  • RHSA-2022:0434 Released 2022-02-03 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Release of OpenShift Serverless 1.20.0
    • Red Hat OpenShift Serverless 1.20 openshift-serverless-1-tech-preview/eventing-kafka-broker-controller-rhel8, openshift-serverless-1-tech-preview/eventing-kafka-broker-dispatcher-rhel8, openshift-serverless-1-tech-preview/eventing-kafka-broker-receiver-rhel8 +31
  • RHSA-2022:0432 Released 2022-02-03 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Release of OpenShift Serverless Client kn 1.20.0
    • Red Hat OpenShift Serverless 1.0 openshift-serverless-clients-0.26.0-2.el8

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
OpenShift ServerlessAffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 3AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Ceph Storage 2AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Ceph Storage 3AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Service Telemetry Framework 1.3 for RHEL 8AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2022:1819
Red Hat OpenShift Serverless 1.0Fixed RHSA-2022:0432
Red Hat OpenShift Serverless 1.20Fixed RHSA-2022:0434
Not affected: 21 products
  • Distributed Tracing Jaeger 1
  • Migration Toolkit for Containers
  • Migration Toolkit for Virtualization
  • OpenShift Service Mesh 2.0
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 4
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
  • Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 2
  • Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2
  • Red Hat Openshift Container Storage 4
  • Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4
  • Red Hat Quay 3
  • Red Hat Software Collections
  • Red Hat Storage 3
  • Service Telemetry Framework 1.2 for RHEL 8

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-38297
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xv38-944c-p763

References

Advisory 5

Other 2

Sources

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