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CVE-2023-29407

Excessive CPU consumption when decoding 0-height images in golang.org/x/image/tiff

Severity Score

6.5
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Track
*SSVC
Descriptions

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.

*Credits: Philippe Antoine (Catena cyber)
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Track
Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2023-04-05 CVE Reserved
  • 2023-08-02 CVE Published
  • 2024-10-17 CVE Updated
  • 2024-11-06 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-834: Excessive Iteration
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Golang
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 Image
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 < 0.10.0
Search vendor "Golang" for product "Image" and version " < 0.10.0"
go
Affected
Fedoraproject
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 Fedora
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 37
Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "37"
-
Affected
Fedoraproject
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 Fedora
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 38
Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "38"
-
Affected