THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-2533
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2016-2533

Pillow vulnerability

CVSS
6.5
EPSS
4.0%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
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 vendor
Python
Affected product
Pillow
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2016-04-13

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-2533

  • Confirm whether Python Pillow is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-2533.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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