CVE-2016-0740

medium
Published 2016-04-13 · Modified 2023-11-08
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
6.5

Description

Buffer overflow in the ImagingLibTiffDecode function in libImaging/TiffDecode.c in Pillow before 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to overwrite memory via a crafted TIFF file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-0740

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/blob/c3cb690fed5d4bf0c45576759de55d054916c165/CHANGES.rst

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0740.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debian7.0affected
debian debian8.0affected
debian debianbookwormfixed3.1.1-1
debian debianbullseyefixed3.1.1-1
debian debianforkyfixed3.1.1-1
debian debiansidfixed3.1.1-1
debian debiantrixiefixed3.1.1-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIpillow<3.1.13.1.1
python PyPIpillow<6dcbf5bd96b717c58d7b642949da8d323099928e||<3.1.16dcbf5bd96b717c58d7b642949da8d323099928e

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
pythonpillow{"endIncluding":"3.1.0"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.