CVE-2022-41727 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2022-41727

Denial of service via crafted TIFF image in golang.org/x/image/tiff

Vulnerability Description

An attacker can craft a malformed TIFF image which will consume a significant amount of memory when passed to DecodeConfig. This could lead to a denial of service.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Philippe Antoine (Catena cyber)
  • OSS Fuzz

References

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Affected Vendor

golang.org/x/image

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Affected Software

golang.org/x/image/tiff
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: February 28th, 2023
Last Modified: March 7th, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.