CVE-2020-14040
CVE Details
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Initial Publication
01/20/2025
Last Update
10/14/2025
Third Party Dependency
golang.org/x/text
NIST CVE Summary
The x/text package before 0.3.3 for Go has a vulnerability in encoding/unicode that could lead to the UTF-16 decoder entering an infinite loop, causing the program to crash or run out of memory. An attacker could provide a single byte to a UTF16 decoder instantiated with UseBOM or ExpectBOM to trigger an infinite loop if the String function on the Decoder is called, or the Decoder is passed to golang.org/x/text/transform.String.
CVE Severity
Our Official Summary
This vulnerability is a false positive. Although this is reported by the scanning tools on some of the components, further checks indicate the symbol/function with the vulnerability while present is not being used.
Status
Ongoing
Affected Products & Versions
This CVE is non-impacting as the impacting symbol and/or function is not used in the product
Revision History
| Date | Revision |
|---|---|
| 10/14/2025 | Status changed from Open to Ongoing |