Panic when parsing invalid palette-color images in golang.org/x/image
Priority HIGH 72CWE-248Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-248.
Summary
Parsing a corrupt or malicious image with invalid color indices can cause a panic.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00731 54th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed golang.org/x/image/tiff (golang.org/x/image): 0.18.0golang.org/x/image (Go): 0.18.0
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go standard library | golang.org/x/image/tiff | before 0.18.0 | 0.18.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | golang.org/x/image (Go) | before 0.18.0 | 0.18.0 | Patch available | GHSA-9phm-fm57-rhg8 |
- golang.org/x/image/tiff VendorGo standard library Affected before 0.18.0 Fixed in 0.18.0 Patch available CNA
- golang.org/x/image (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.18.0 Fixed in 0.18.0 Patch available GHSA-9phm-fm57-rhg8
CPE names CISA-ADP · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:golang:image:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:* | — | — | Go standard library |
- cpe:2.3:a:golang:image:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:* Versions — — ·Go standard library
Remediation
- Fix · CNA golang.org/x/image/tiff (golang.org/x/image) Fixed in 0.18.0
- Fix · GHSA-9phm-fm57-rhg8 golang.org/x/image (Go) Fixed in 0.18.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-24792
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9phm-fm57-rhg8
References
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- TI-2022-20112 Request smuggling due to improper request handling in golang.org/x/net/http2/h2c CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2022-12772 Limited directory traversal vulnerability on Windows in golang.org/x/crypto CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2024-24792 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-24792 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9phm-fm57-rhg8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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