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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-38297: Classic Buffer Overflow

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-38297: Classic Buffer Overflow

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/18/2021
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
10/02/2024

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-go

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