Go image up to 0.44.x vp8l golang.org/x/image/vp8l memory allocation

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Go image up to 0.44.x. It has been declared as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the file golang.org/x/image/vp8l of the component vp8l. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory allocation. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-46603. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability has been found in Go image up to 0.44.x and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the file golang.org/x/image/vp8l of the component vp8l. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory allocation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-789. The product allocates memory based on an untrusted, large size value, but it does not ensure that the size is within expected limits, allowing arbitrary amounts of memory to be allocated. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

VP8L decoding in golang.org/x/image/vp8l can allocate an excessive amount of memory when processing a crafted VP8L image containing many unused Huffman tree groups. This allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via memory exhaustion.

The advisory is available at go.dev. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-46603 since 05/15/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 0.45.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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