CVE-2022-41727

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

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 28, 2023 at 05:19 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:03 AM UTC
4 products affected across 3 vendorsFedoraImageTiff

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 0.5.0
Affected range stops below 0.5.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
All versions
v < 0.5.0
Affected range stops below 0.5.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-770

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