CVE-2026-33809

OOM from malicious IFD offset in golang.org/x/image/tiff

Published Mar 25, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A maliciously crafted TIFF file can cause image decoding to attempt to allocate up 4GiB of memory, causing either excessive resource consumption or an out-of-memory error.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-44p7-9xx4-hf2g Go Images vulnerable to an out-of-memory error via a crafted TIFF file
History
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Weaknesses CWE-434
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:golang:tiff:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*
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First Time appeared Golang
Golang image
Golang tiff
Vendors & Products Golang
Golang image
Golang tiff
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A maliciously crafted TIFF file can cause image decoding to attempt to allocate up 4GiB of memory, causing either excessive resource consumption or an out-of-memory error.
Title OOM from malicious IFD offset in golang.org/x/image/tiff
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Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Go
Published
Updated
Apr 6, 2026, 9:12 PM
Reserved
Mar 23, 2026, 8:35 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Mar 25, 2026, 7:16 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 10:38 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Mar 25, 2026, 6:24 PM