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CVE-2016-9189Pillow before 3.3.2 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by using the "crafted image file" approach, related…
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 1.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 20% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Pillow before 3.3.2 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by using the "crafted image file" approach, related to an "Integer Overflow" issue affecting the Image.core.map_buffer in map.c component.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 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 | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 20% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIpillowGHSA-rwr3-c2q8-gm56 (opens in a new tab)
References
References6
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/2146/commits/c50ebe6459a131a1ea8ca531f10da616d3ceaa0f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201612-52 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 94234 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/issues/2105 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3710 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/3.4.x/releasenotes/3.3.2.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2016-0024 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-rwr3-c2q8-gm56 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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