Name: CVE-2016-0740: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2016-04-13T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-0740, CWE-119, CVSS 6.5, EPSS 0.02656

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Amazon Linux Ami 2	—	Upgrade python-pillow-tkUpgrade python-pillow-develUpgrade python-pillow-saneUpgrade python-pillow-docUpgrade python-pillow-debuginfoUpgrade python-pillow	Mar 10, 2025	Apr 13, 2016
Debian	—	Upgrade pillow	Mar 15, 2016	Feb 28, 2016
Freebsd	—	Upgrade py35-pillowUpgrade py33-pillowUpgrade py34-pillowUpgrade py27-pillow	Dec 10, 2025	Feb 9, 2016
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade dev-python/pillow.	Oct 30, 2017	Apr 13, 2016
Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2	—	Upgrade python-pillow	Dec 4, 2019	Apr 13, 2016
Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3	—	Upgrade python-pillow	Dec 18, 2019	Apr 13, 2016
Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5	—	Upgrade python-pillow	Nov 19, 2019	Apr 13, 2016
Redhat_linux	—	No solution exists	Jul 9, 2025	Feb 4, 2016
Suse	—	Upgrade python-Pillow-debugsourceUpgrade python-PillowUpgrade python-Pillow-tkUpgrade python-Pillow-tk-debuginfoUpgrade python-Pillow-debuginfo	Mar 31, 2016	Mar 31, 2016
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade python-pilUpgrade python-imagingUpgrade python3-imagingUpgrade python3-pil	Sep 27, 2016	Apr 13, 2016

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CVSS Details

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