CVE-2024-24784 Comments in display names are incorrectly handled in net/mail

2024-03-0522:22:32

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cve-2024-24784

parseaddresslist

trust decisions

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

10.2%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "Go standard library",
    "product": "net/mail",
    "collectionURL": "https://pkg.go.dev",
    "packageName": "net/mail",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "1.21.8",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "version": "1.22.0-0",
        "lessThan": "1.22.1",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "semver"
      }
    ],
    "programRoutines": [
      {
        "name": "addrParser.consumeGroupList"
      },
      {
        "name": "addrParser.consumePhrase"
      },
      {
        "name": "isAtext"
      },
      {
        "name": "Address.String"
      },
      {
        "name": "AddressParser.Parse"
      },
      {
        "name": "AddressParser.ParseList"
      },
      {
        "name": "Header.AddressList"
      },
      {
        "name": "ParseAddress"
      },
      {
        "name": "ParseAddressList"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]