CVE-2016-2533

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-04-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the ImagingPcdDecode function in PcdDecode.c in Pillow before 3.1.1 and Python Imaging Library (PIL) 1.1.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted PhotoCD file.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 7.0, 8.0
python-pillow Pillow: through 3.1.0
Python Imaging Project Python Imaging: through 1.1.7

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3499
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/02/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/22/2
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/blob/c3cb690fed5d4bf0c45576759de55d054916c165/CHANGES.rst
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/5bdf54b5a76b54fb00bd05f2d733e0a4173eefc9#diff-8ff6909c159597e22288ad818938fd6b
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/ae453aa18b66af54e7ff716f4ccb33adca60afd4#diff-8ff6909c159597e22288ad818938fd6b
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/1706
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-52
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3499
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/02/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/22/2

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