CVE-2023-29407 json
Excessive CPU consumption when decoding 0-height images in golang.org/x/image/tiff
published 2023-08-02 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-j3p8-6mrq-6g7h , GO-2023-1990 , EUVD-2023-2307
- cvss
- 6.5
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.9%
- EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 59%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- go golang.org/x/image 0.10.0
- golang.org/x/image golang.org/x/image/tiff 0.10.0
- golang-golang-x-image Debian 14, Debian 13 0.11.0-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-29407
- go.dev/cl/514897 patch
- pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2023-1990 advisory
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2023-29407 updated cvss 6.5
golang.org/x/image/tiff: excessive CPU consumption in decoding
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Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 acm-cluster-templates-operator-containeraffected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2 y ago
Exploit prediction
0.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| go | golang.org/x/image | <0.10.0 |
0.10.0 |
Affected products
- golang.org/x/image golang.org/x/image/tiff
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-834 Excessive Iteration
References
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go.dev
/cl/514897
web, patch
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pkg.go.dev
/vuln/GO-2023-1990
web, issue-tracking, patch, vendor-advisory
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go.dev
/issue/61581
web, issue-tracking, vendor-advisory, report
-
security.netapp.com
/advisory/ntap-20230831-0009/
third-party-advisory
-
lists.fedoraproject.org
/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KO54NBDUJXKAZNGCFOEYL2LKK2RQP6K6/
mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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lists.fedoraproject.org
/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XWH6Q7NVM4MV3GWFEU4PA67AWZHVFJQ2/
mailing-list, third-party-advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org /archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XZTEP6JYILRBNDTNWTEQ5D4QUUVQBESK/
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nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29407
advisory
-
lists.fedoraproject.org
/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KO54NBDUJXKAZNGCFOEYL2LKK2RQP6K6
web
-
lists.fedoraproject.org
/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XWH6Q7NVM4MV3GWFEU4PA67AWZHVFJQ2
web
-
lists.fedoraproject.org
/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XZTEP6JYILRBNDTNWTEQ5D4QUUVQBESK
web
-
security.netapp.com
/advisory/ntap-20230831-0009
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2023-29407
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-j3p8-6mrq-6g7h
- NVD CVE-2023-29407
- OSV GO-2023-1990
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