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Pillow Buffer overflow in ImagingLibTiffDecode

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jul 24, 2018 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Sep 5, 2023

Package

pip Pillow (pip)

Affected versions

< 3.1.1

Patched versions

3.1.1

Description

Buffer overflow in the ImagingLibTiffDecode function in libImaging/TiffDecode.c in Pillow before 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to overwrite memory via a crafted TIFF file.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jul 24, 2018
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Sep 5, 2023

Severity

Moderate
6.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2016-0740

GHSA ID

GHSA-hggx-3h72-49ww

Source code

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