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CVE-2022-41727

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-41727 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting various Go language image processing libraries, including those used in Fedora projects. An attacker can craft a malicious TIFF image that, when processed by the DecodeConfig function, consumes excessive memory, leading to a system crash. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability requires user interaction (e.g., opening the crafted image) and has no known public exploits, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:golang:image:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:golang:tiff:-:*:*:*:*:go:*:*
37CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
38CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
23.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0031 is in the 28th percentile among its peer group of 5,758 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: golang.org/x/imageFixed in: 0.5.0

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2022-41727Moderate

golang.org/x/image: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Feb 28, 2023
goGHSA-qgc7-mgm3-q253medium

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in golang.org/x/image

Feb 17, 2023

References

go.dev / cl/468195
Patch
go.dev / issue/58003
Issue Tracking
groups.google.com / g/golang-announce/c/ag-FiyjlD5o
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/KO54NBDUJXKAZNGCFOEYL2LKK2RQP6K6
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/XWH6Q7NVM4MV3GWFEU4PA67AWZHVFJQ2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/XZTEP6JYILRBNDTNWTEQ5D4QUUVQBESK
pkg.go.dev / vuln/GO-2023-1572
Vendor Advisory