CVE-2016-4009

9.8 CRITICAL

Published: April 13, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026

Description

Integer overflow in the ImagingResampleHorizontal function in libImaging/Resample.c in Pillow before 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via negative values of the new size, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86064

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/blob/c3cb690fed5d4bf0c45576759de55d054916c165/CHANGES.rst

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/4e0d9b0b9740d258ade40cce248c93777362ac1e

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/1714

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-52

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86064