The TIFF decoder does not place a limit on the size of PackBits-compressed 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.
History

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-400

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-770
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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First Time appeared Golang
Golang image
Vendors & Products Golang
Golang image

Fri, 29 May 2026 22:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-400

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Description The TIFF decoder does not place a limit on the size of PackBits-compressed 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.
Title Excessive resource consumption in PackBits decompression in golang.org/x/image/tiff
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Go

Published: 2026-05-29T19:35:33.539Z

Updated: 2026-06-01T14:44:03.725Z

Reserved: 2026-05-15T17:35:00.813Z

Link: CVE-2026-46599

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-01T14:43:29.816Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-05-29T20:16:28.280

Modified: 2026-06-01T18:16:02.273

Link: CVE-2026-46599

cve-icon Redhat

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