Description
VP8L 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.
Published: 2026-08-14
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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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'}


Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-400
CWE-789

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:45:00 +0000

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Description VP8L 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.
Title Excessive memory allocation during VP8L decoding in golang.org/x/image
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Go

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-14T19:36:57.436Z

Reserved: 2026-05-15T17:35:00.814Z

Link: CVE-2026-46603

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-14T19:36:50.887Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-14T17:18:15.307

Modified: 2026-08-14T20:16:53.027

Link: CVE-2026-46603

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-14T17:30:12Z

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