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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2023-36308 json

Crash when processing crafted TIFF files

published 2023-09-05 3 y ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also GHSA-q7pp-wcgr-pffx , EUVD-2023-2570

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 32%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

disintegration Imaging 1.6.2 allows attackers to cause a panic (because of an integer index out of range during a Grayscale call) via a crafted TIFF file to the scan function of scanner.go. NOTE: it is unclear whether there are common use cases in which this panic could have any security consequence

Patch / fix

  • golang-github-disintegration-imaging Debian 14, Debian 13 1.6.2-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-36308

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/disintegration/imaging/issues/165 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/disintegration/imaging
<=1.6.2
no fix listed

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-129 Improper Validation of Array Index

References

Sources

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