Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting github.com/bep/imagemeta package, versions <0.10.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMBEPIMAGEMETA-9680273
  • published10 Apr 2025
  • disclosed9 Apr 2025
  • creditJuho Forsén

Introduced: 9 Apr 2025

NewCVE-2025-32024  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/bep/imagemeta to version 0.10.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling when processing large EXIF data structures. An attacker can cause denial of service by sending malicious images.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1