Excessive memory allocation during VP8L decoding in golang.org/x/image

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-46603
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerGo
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-08-14 17:18:15 UTC
Updated2026-08-14 20:16:53 UTC
DescriptionVP8L decoding in golang.org/x/image/vp8l can allocate an excessive amount of memory when processing a crafted VP8L image containing many unused Huffman tree groups. This allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via memory exhaustion.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.5 HIGH from ADP

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

Problem Types: CWE-789 | CWE-789: Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value | CWE-789 CWE-789 Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1ADPDECLARED7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Golang.orgximage Golang.org/x/image/vp8l affected 0.45.0 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-6222 [email protected] pkg.go.dev
go.dev/issue/80069 [email protected] go.dev
go.dev/cl/793460 [email protected] go.dev
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Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Daniele Ballarini (en)

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