CVE-2016-3076

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Published 2017-04-24 · Modified 2024-04-22
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
5.5

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the j2k_encode_entry function in Pillow 2.5.0 through 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted Jpeg2000 file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
55%
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-2016-3076

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/4.1.x/releasenotes/3.1.2.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3076.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed3.2.0-1
debian debianbullseyefixed3.2.0-1
debian debianforkyfixed3.2.0-1
debian debiansidfixed3.2.0-1
debian debiantrixiefixed3.2.0-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIpillow>=2.5.0,<3.1.23.1.2

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
pythonpillow2.5.0
pythonpillow2.5.1
pythonpillow2.5.2
pythonpillow2.5.3
pythonpillow2.6.0
pythonpillow2.6.1
pythonpillow2.6.2
pythonpillow2.7.0
pythonpillow2.8.0
pythonpillow2.8.1
pythonpillow2.8.2
pythonpillow2.9.0
pythonpillow3.0.0
pythonpillow3.1.0

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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