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CVE-2016-9189

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-11-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-190

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.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0
• python-pillow Pillow: through 3.3.1

References

• http://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/3.4.x/releasenotes/3.3.2.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3710
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94234
• https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/issues/2105
• https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/2146/commits/c50ebe6459a131a1ea8ca531f10da616d3ceaa0f
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-52
• http://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/3.4.x/releasenotes/3.3.2.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3710
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94234
• https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/issues/2105
• https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/2146/commits/c50ebe6459a131a1ea8ca531f10da616d3ceaa0f
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-52

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