tiff on Go Image iteration

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in tiff on Go. Affected is an unknown function of the component Image Handler. Performing a manipulation results in iteration. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2023-29407. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in tiff on Go (affected version unknown). This affects an unknown functionality of the component Image Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a iteration vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-834. The product performs an iteration or loop without sufficiently limiting the number of times that the loop is executed. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was released 08/02/2023. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-29407 since 04/05/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2023-1938). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Amazon Linux 2
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Fedora Linux
  • SUSE Manager
  • Golang Go
  • RESF Rocky Linux
  • Red Hat OpenShift
  • IBM App Connect Enterprise
  • Splunk Splunk Enterprise

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Iteration
CWE: CWE-834 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

04/05/2023 🔍
08/02/2023 +119 days 🔍
08/02/2023 +0 days 🔍
11/30/2025 +851 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-29407 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-29407
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-235971
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2023-1938 - Golang Go: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 08/02/2023 22:48
Updated: 11/30/2025 14:18
Changes: 08/02/2023 22:48 (37), 08/24/2023 16:14 (11), 11/30/2025 14:18 (22)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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