---
id: CVE-2026-33809
aliases:
  - GHSA-44p7-9xx4-hf2g
  - GO-2026-4815
title: Go Images vulnerable to an out-of-memory error via a crafted TIFF file
summary: Go Images vulnerable to an out-of-memory error via a crafted TIFF file
severity: medium
cvss: 5.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'
vendor: x
product: golang.org/x/image
ecosystem: go
affected:
  - golang.org/x/image < 0.38.0
patched:
  - golang.org/x/image 0.38.0
published: '2026-03-25'
updated: '2026-09-10'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-10T03:50:36.938186847Z'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-44p7-9xx4-hf2g'
references:
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33809'
  - url: 'https://cs.opensource.google/go/x/image'
  - url: 'https://go.dev/cl/757660'
  - url: 'https://go.dev/issue/78267'
  - url: 'https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-4815'
tags:
  - osv
  - go
epss: 0.00328
epssPercentile: 0.26158
ingestedAt: '2026-09-12T03:13:01.751Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Affected packages

- `golang.org/x/image < 0.38.0`

## Remediation

Upgrade to a patched release:

- `golang.org/x/image 0.38.0`