CVE-2022-41727

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

5.5 MediumFix available

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Local
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: None
Integrity: None
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

0.31%Down 0.6 points since Mar 1, 2023

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.5

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.

Record: CVE-2022-41727
CVSS 3.1: 5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness: CWE-770
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

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

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.

Record: CVE-2022-41727
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2023-0776 0.0

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.

Record: EUVD-2023-0776
CVSS: 0.0 NoneCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qgc7-mgm3-q253 5.5

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in golang.org/x/image

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.

Record: GHSA-qgc7-mgm3-q253
CVSS 3.1: 5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness: CWE-400, CWE-770
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVGHSA-qgc7-mgm3-q253 5.5

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in golang.org/x/image

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.

Record: GHSA-qgc7-mgm3-q253
CVSS 3.1: 5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness: CWE-400, CWE-770
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2022-41727 5.5

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.

Record: UBUNTU-CVE-2022-41727
CVSS 3.1: 5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV No score

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

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.

Record: CVE-2022-41727
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2022-41727 No score

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.

Record: DEBIAN-CVE-2022-41727
Updated: 2026-11-03

OSVGO-2023-1572 No score

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

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.

Record: GO-2023-1572
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`golang.org/x/image` Go	before 0.5.0	0.5.0
`golang-golang-x-image` Debian:12	before 0.5.0-1	0.5.0-1
`golang-golang-x-image` Debian:13	before 0.5.0-1	0.5.0-1
`golang-golang-x-image` Debian:14	before 0.5.0-1	0.5.0-1
`golang-golang-x-image` Ubuntu:18.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 0.0~git20170523.0.426cfd8-1	None known
`golang-golang-x-image` Ubuntu:20.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 0.0~git20190703.d6a02ce-10.0~git20200119.58c2397-1	None known
`golang-golang-x-image` Ubuntu:22.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 0.0~git20200119.58c2397-10.0~git20210628.a66eb64-10.0~git20211028.6944b10-1	None known

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2022-41727 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Golang Image, published February 16, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.31%, the 23rd percentile. Fixed in golang.org/x/image 0.5.0.

References

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