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CVE-2022-45199

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-11-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-400

Description

Pillow before 9.3.0 allows denial of service via SAMPLESPERPIXEL.

Affected products

• python-pillow Pillow: before 9.3.0 — fixed in 9.3.0
• Pypi Pillow: from 9.2.0 before 9.3.0; 9.2.0, 9.1.0, 9.0.0, 8.4.0, 8.3.0, 8.2.0 (+40) — fixed in 9.3.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: python-pillow Pillow 9.3.0; Pypi Pillow 9.3.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugs.gentoo.org/878769
• https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/2444cddab2f83f28687c7c20871574acbb6dbcf3
• https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/6700
• https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/releases/tag/9.3.0
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-10
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/878769
• https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/2444cddab2f83f28687c7c20871574acbb6dbcf3
• https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/6700
• https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/releases/tag/9.3.0
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-10

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