CVE-2020-5311
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: January 3, 2020 at 12:52 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:21 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraUbuntu Linux
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
libImaging/SgiRleDecode.c in Pillow before 6.2.2 has an SGI buffer overflow.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0566
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0580
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/a79b65c47c7dc6fe623aadf09aa6192fc54548f3
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2MMU3WT2X64GS5WHDPKKC2WZA7UIIQ3A/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3DUMIBUYGJRAVJCTFUWBRLVQKOUTVX5P/
References (8)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0566Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0580x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/a79b65c47c7dc6fe623aadf09aa6192fc54548f3Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2MMU3WT2X64GS5WHDPKKC2WZA7UIIQ3A/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3DUMIBUYGJRAVJCTFUWBRLVQKOUTVX5P/x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/6.2.2.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4272-1/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4631CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-120
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