CVE-2023-29407 Excessive CPU consumption when decoding 0-height images in golang.org/x/image/tiff
A maliciously crafted TIFF image with zero height and large width causes excessive CPU consumption, leading to denial of service in applications using the Go image library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-29407?
CVE-2023-29407 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 2 Aug 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-834
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-29407?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including golang.org/x/image. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
golang.org/x/image Go | All versions | 0.10.0 |
golang.org/x/image Go | All versions | 0.10.0 |
golang.org/x/image Go | All versions | 0.10.0 |
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Golang Image.
How do I fix CVE-2023-29407?
Upgrade golang.org/x/image to 0.10.0 or later.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2023-29407 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-29407 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2023-29407, GHSA-j3p8-6mrq-6g7h, GO-2023-1990, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-29407.