Resource exhaustion in Golang Image
CVE-2022-41727
An attacker can craft a malformed TIFF image which will consume a significant amount of memory when passed to DecodeConfig. This could lead to a denial of service.
EPSS: 0.003 (23.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Golang Image
- Golang Tiff
- Golang.org/x/image Golang.org/x/image/tiff — versions 0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 37, 38
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security@golang.org (Issue Tracking)
- security@golang.org (Patch)
- security@golang.org (Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
- security@golang.org (Vendor Advisory)
- security@golang.org (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security@golang.org (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security@golang.org
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-41727?
- CVE-2022-41727 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Golang Image, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-02-28.
- How severe is CVE-2022-41727?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.