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CVE-2022-22816
path_getbbox in path.c in Pillow before 9.0.0 has a buffer over-read during initialization of ImagePath.Path.
Medium6.5EPSS 2.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
path_getbbox in path.c in Pillow before 9.0.0 has a buffer over-read during initialization of ImagePath.Path.
Timeline
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.1% · top 19% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIpillowGHSA-xrcv-f9gm-v42c (opens in a new tab)
References (5)
- https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/9.0.0.html#fixed-imagepath-path-array-handling (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/blob/c5d9223a8b5e9295d15b5a9b1ef1dae44c8499f3/src/path.c#L331 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220123 [SECURITY] [DLA 2893-1] pillow security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- DSA-5053 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- GLSA-202211-10 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_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-xrcv-f9gm-v42c (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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