Name: CVE-2023-29408: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2023-08-02T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2023-29408, CWE-770, CVSS 6.5, EPSS 0.00933

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade golang-golang-x-image	May 15, 2025	Aug 2, 2023
Suse	—	Upgrade kbfs-gitUpgrade kbfsUpgrade keybase-clientUpgrade kbfs-tool	Jul 9, 2024	Aug 2, 2023

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CVSS Details

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