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.
Published · last modified .
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 over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: -0.000
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
- go.dev/issue/58003 (Issue Tracking)
- go.dev/cl/468195 (Patch)
- groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/ag-FiyjlD5o (Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
- pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2023-1572 (Vendor Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.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.