CVE-2016-0740
MEDIUM6.5EPSS 0.15%pillow - security update
Published: 7/24/2018Modified: 4/28/2026
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.
Affected packages (4)
- Debian/pillowfrom 0, < 3.1.1-1
- Debian/pillowfrom 0, < 2.6.1-2+deb8u2
- PyPI/pillowfrom 0, < 3.1.1
- PyPI/pillowfrom 0, < 6dcbf5bd96b717c58d7b642949da8d323099928e | from 0, < 3.1.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
References (9)
- ADVISORYhttps://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hggx-3h72-49ww
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0740
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-0740
- PATCHhttps://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow
- WEBhttps://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pillow/PYSEC-2016-5.yaml
- WEBhttps://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/blob/c3cb690fed5d4bf0c45576759de55d054916c165/CHANGES.rst
- WEBhttps://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/6dcbf5bd96b717c58d7b642949da8d323099928e
- WEBhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-52
- WEBhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3499