CVE-2020-16845
CVE Details
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Initial Publication
01/20/2025
Last Update
10/14/2025
Third Party Dependency
go
NIST CVE Summary
Go before 1.13.15 and 14.x before 1.14.7 can have an infinite read loop in ReadUvarint and ReadVarint in encoding/binary via invalid inputs.
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 |