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.

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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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (21.0th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 21st percentile — 21.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2022-41727: held from 0.003 to 0.003.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

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.