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CVE-2021-25288: Pillow Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability

June 8, 2021 (updated October 9, 2024)

An issue was discovered in Pillow before 8.2.0. There is an out-of-bounds read in J2kDecode, in j2ku_gray_i. This dates to Pillow 2.4.0.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-rwv7-3v45-hg29
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pillow/PYSEC-2021-138.yaml
  • github.com/python-pillow/Pillow
  • github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/3bf5eddb89afdf690eceaa52bc4d3546ba9a5f87
  • github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/5377
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MQHA5HAIBOYI3R6HDWCLAGFTIQP767FL
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25288
  • pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/8.2.0.html
  • security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-33

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 2.4.0 before 8.2.0

Fixed versions

  • 8.2.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 8.2.0 or above.

Impact 9.1 CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

Source file

pypi/Pillow/CVE-2021-25288.yml

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