id: GO-2020-0014
modules:
    - module: golang.org/x/net
      versions:
        - fixed: 0.0.0-20190125091013-d26f9f9a57f3
      vulnerable_at: 0.0.0-20190125002852-4b62a64f59f7
      packages:
        - package: golang.org/x/net/html
          symbols:
            - inSelectIM
            - inSelectInTableIM
          derived_symbols:
            - Parse
            - ParseFragment
summary: Infinite loop due to improper handling of "select" tags in golang.org/x/net/html
description: |-
    html.Parse does not properly handle "select" tags, which can lead to an infinite
    loop. If parsing user supplied input, this may be used as a denial of service
    vector.
published: 2021-04-14T20:04:52Z
cves:
    - CVE-2018-17846
ghsas:
    - GHSA-vfw5-hrgq-h5wf
credits:
    - '@tr3ee'
references:
    - fix: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/137275
    - fix: https://go.googlesource.com/net/+/d26f9f9a57f3fab6a695bec0d84433c2c50f8bbf
    - report: https://go.dev/issue/27842