ubuntu · CVE-2018-17848

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Priority: medium Published: 2018-10-01 08:29:00 UTC Updated: 2025-08-25 22:50:17 UTC

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Tracker summary

CVE-2018-17848 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (golang-go.net-dev, golang-golang-x-net-dev), 10 status rows across 5 suites (bionic, cosmic, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 5, not-affected 3, needs-triage 2.

Description:

The html package (aka x/net/html) through 2018-09-25 in Go mishandles <math><template><mn><b></template>, leading to a "panic: runtime error" (index out of range) in (*insertionModeStack).pop in node.go, called from inHeadIM, during an html.Parse call.

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