CVE-2024-24784
HIGH7.5EPSS 2.0%Comments in display names are incorrectly handled in net/mail
Published: 3/5/2024Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
The ParseAddressList function incorrectly handles comments (text within parentheses) within display names. Since this is a misalignment with conforming address parsers, it can result in different trust decisions being made by programs using different parsers.
Affected packages (4)
- Bitnami/golangfrom 0, < 1.21.8, >= 1.22.0-0, < 1.22.1
- Debian/golang-1.15from 0
- Debian/golang-1.19from 0
- Go/stdlibfrom 0, < 1.21.8, >= 1.22.0-0, < 1.22.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
References (8)
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-24784
- PATCHhttps://go.dev/cl/555596
- REPORThttps://go.dev/issue/65083
- WEBhttps://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/5pwGVUPoMbg
- WEBhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-24784
- WEBhttps://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2024-2609
- WEBhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240329-0007/
- WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/08/4