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Red Hat: CVE-2019-16865: CVE-2019-16865 python-pillow: reading specially crafted image files leads to allocation of large amounts of memory and denial of service (Multiple Advisories)

Name: Red Hat: CVE-2019-16865: CVE-2019-16865 python-pillow: reading specially crafted image files leads to allocation of large amounts of memory and denial of service (Multiple Advisories)
Creator: Red Hat
Published: 2019-10-04T00:00:00.000Z
Keywords: CVE, CWE-770, Red Hat, 2019, 16865, 16865 python, redhat-upgrade-python-pillow, redhat-upgrade-python-pillow-debuginfo, redhat-upgrade-python-pillow-debugsource, redhat-upgrade-python-pillow-devel, redhat-upgrade-python-pillow-doc, redhat-upgrade-python-pillow-qt, redhat-upgrade-python-pillow-sane, redhat-upgrade-python-pillow-tk, redhat-upgrade-python3-pillow, redhat-upgrade-python3-pillow-debuginfo, redhat-upgrade-python3-pillow-tk-debuginfo, Severity 5

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CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Published

Oct 4, 2019

Added

Feb 25, 2020

Modified

Mar 27, 2026

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.

Solutions

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