CVE-2023-29408 | Excessive resource consumption in golang.org/x/image/tiff

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.

Published: 2023-08-02 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-29408 is rated Moderate Risk (45.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.86%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-29408

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.46% 0.86% +0.40%
2 2026-05-29 0.43% 0.46% +0.03%
3 2026-03-05 — 0.43% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-29408

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-29408

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2023-29408

GHSA-x92r-3vfx-4cv3 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: go — Golang TIFF decoder does not place a limit on the size of compressed tile data

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-29408

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2023-29408 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (golang-golang-x-image), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 3, open 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-29408
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-29408
suse medium CVE-2023-29408 severity moderate: SUSE including 16 source package names (kbfs-6.2.2-2.1, kbfs-6.2.8-bp155.2.3.1, …), 135 product×package rows across 44 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1, … (44 product lines)): Known Not Affected 115, Fixed 20. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-29408/
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-29408 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (golang-golang-x-image), 12 status rows across 12 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 6, needs-triage 6. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-29408

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-29408

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
golang image < 0.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:golang:image:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 37 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 38 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2023-29408

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