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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…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 3.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 12% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 10 days later
· 10 days later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 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 | 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 (10 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.
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)
- EUVD EUVD-2019-0102 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2019-16865)Record last updated .