CVE-2019-16865

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: October 4, 2019 at 09:09 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:22 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFedoraPillow

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

Description

An issue was discovered in Pillow before 6.2.0. When reading specially crafted invalid image files, the library can either allocate very large amounts of memory or take an extremely long period of time to process the image.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 6.2.0
Affected range stops below 6.2.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-770

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