CVE-2023-29408

golang-golang-x-image: The TIFF decoder does not place a limit on the size of compressed tile data

CVE-2023-29408 is fixed in 2 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2023-29408, released August 2, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
6.5
medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0093
60th percentile

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.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
golang-golang-x-image · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 0.11.0-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-29408 Aug 2, 2023
golang-golang-x-image · Debian 14 0.11.0-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-29408 Aug 2, 2023
keybase-client · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.2.8-bp156.2.3.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2024:0194-2 Jul 8, 2024

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