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CVE-2019-16865
An issue was discovered in Pillow before 6.2.0. When reading specially crafted invalid image files, the library can either allocate very…
High7.5EPSS 3.1%
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- mitre
Description
An issue was discovered in Pillow before 6.2.0. When reading specially crafted invalid image files, the library can either allocate very large amounts of memory or take an extremely long period of time to process the image.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIpillowGHSA-j7mj-748x-7p78 (opens in a new tab)
References (11)
- https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/latest/releasenotes/6.2.0.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-e7c83bdf19 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-19a161d540 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- USN-4272-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2020:0566 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-4631 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2020:0580 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2020:0578 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2020:0681 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2020:0683 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2020:0694 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-j7mj-748x-7p78 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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