CVE-2020-11538

high
Published 2020-07-27 · Modified 2023-12-06
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
VIR risk
8.0

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
30%
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-2020-11538

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: rocky — https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2020:3185

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-11538.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
rockylinux rocky8fixed
debian debianbookwormfixed7.2.0-1
debian debianbullseyefixed7.2.0-1
debian debianforkyfixed7.2.0-1
debian debiansidfixed7.2.0-1
debian debiantrixiefixed7.2.0-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIpillow<7.1.07.1.0

References

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