golang-golang-x-text-dev: golang.org/x/text/language in golang.org/x/text before 0.3.7 can panic withan out-of-bounds read during BCP 47 langua...
CVE-2021-38561 is fixed in 3 products on 1 platform, first by golang-golang-x-text-dev 0.0~git20170627.0.6353ef0-1ubuntu2.1, released December 25, 2022. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.
golang.org/x/text/language in golang.org/x/text before 0.3.7 can panic withan out-of-bounds read during BCP 47 language tag parsing. Index calculationis mishandled. If parsing untrusted user input, this can be used as avector for a denial-of-service attack.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| golang-golang-x-text · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 0.3.7-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38561 | Dec 26, 2022 |
| golang-golang-x-text · Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 0.3.7-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38561 | Dec 26, 2022 |
| golang-golang-x-text · Debian 14 | 0.3.7-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38561 | Dec 26, 2022 |
| golang-golang-x-text-dev · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 0.0~git20170627.0.6353ef0-1ubuntu2.1 | golang-golang-x-text-dev 0.0~git20170627.0.6353ef0-1ubuntu2.1 | Dec 25, 2022 |
| golang-golang-x-text-dev · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 0.3.2-4ubuntu0.1 | golang-golang-x-text-dev 0.3.2-4ubuntu0.1 | Dec 25, 2022 |
| golang-golang-x-text-dev · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 0.3.7-1 | golang-golang-x-text-dev 0.3.7-1 | Dec 25, 2022 |
| golang-golang-x-text-dev · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) | 0.3.7-1 | golang-golang-x-text-dev 0.3.7-1 | Jan 16, 2026 |
| golang-golang-x-text-dev · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) | 0.3.7-1 | golang-golang-x-text-dev 0.3.7-1 | Jan 16, 2026 |
| golang-x-text-dev · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 0.0~git20170627.0.6353ef0-1ubuntu2.1 | golang-x-text-dev 0.0~git20170627.0.6353ef0-1ubuntu2.1 | Dec 25, 2022 |
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