Resource exhaustion in Golang Image
CVE-2023-29408
The TIFF decoder does not place a limit on the size of compressed tile data. A maliciously-crafted image can exploit this to cause a small image (both in terms of pixel width/height, and encoded size) to make the decoder decode large amoun…
EPSS: 0.009 (54.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Golang Image
- Golang.org/x/image Golang.org/x/image/tiff — versions 0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 37, 38
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security@golang.org (Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- security@golang.org (Patch)
- security@golang.org (Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- security@golang.org (Third Party 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-2023-29408?
- CVE-2023-29408 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Golang Image, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-08-02.
- How severe is CVE-2023-29408?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.