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Golang TIFF decoder vulnerable to excessive CPU consumption

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Aug 2, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated May 20, 2024

Package

gomod golang.org/x/image (Go)

Affected versions

< 0.10.0

Patched versions

0.10.0

Description

A maliciously-crafted image can cause excessive CPU consumption in decoding. A tiled image with a height of 0 and a very large width can cause excessive CPU consumption, despite the image size (width * height) appearing to be zero.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 2, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Aug 2, 2023
Reviewed Nov 2, 2023
Last updated May 20, 2024

Severity

Moderate
6.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-29407

GHSA ID

GHSA-j3p8-6mrq-6g7h

Source code

No known source code
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