Vulnerability · Published Jun 25, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-11538
High 8.1
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the pillow package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.5% (higher than 85% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)8.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)2.5%top 15.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In libImaging/SgiRleDecode.c in Pillow through 7.0.0, a number of out-of-bounds reads exist in the parsing of SGI image files, a different issue than CVE-2020-5311.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | pillow | 7.2.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-11538 |
| Debian:13 | pillow | 7.2.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-11538 |
| Debian:14 | pillow | 7.2.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-11538 |
| PyPI | pillow | 7.1.0 | GHSA-43fq-w8qq-v88h |
| PyPI | pillow | 7.1.0 | PYSEC-2020-80 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | python-pillow | 0:5.1.1-12.el8_2 | RLSA-2020:3185 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/index.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/4538 x_refsource_MISC
- https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/7.1.0.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/4504 x_refsource_MISC
- FEDORA-2020-c52106e48a vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2020-d0737711b6 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- USN-4430-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- USN-4430-2 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU