CVE-2023-29408 Excessive resource consumption in golang.org/x/image/tiff

2023-08-0219:52:48

www.cve.org

security

resource consumption

tiff decoder

golang

image

malicious exploit

memory consumption

cpu consumption

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

47.6%

JSON

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 amounts of compressed data, consuming excessive memory and CPU.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "golang.org/x/image",
    "product": "golang.org/x/image/tiff",
    "collectionURL": "https://pkg.go.dev",
    "packageName": "golang.org/x/image/tiff",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "0.10.0",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "semver"
      }
    ],
    "programRoutines": [
      {
        "name": "newDecoder"
      },
      {
        "name": "Decode"
      },
      {
        "name": "DecodeConfig"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]