CVE-2026-112897
Published:October 19, 2026
Updated:October 20, 2026
Pillow is a Python imaging library. From 5.3.0 until 13.0.0, Pillow can return uninitialized memory as pixels when libtiff performs a short decode of JPEG-compressed or Group 4 fax TIFF data. The _decodeStrip and _decodeTile buffers can be larger than the bytes written by libtiff, but Pillow converts the expected rows without clearing the unwritten tail. The tile path is affected from 5.3.0 and the strip path from 6.0.0. An attacker can supply a crafted TIFF to an application that loads and returns or re-encodes its pixels. This can disclose stale heap contents without memory corruption or a process crash. This issue is fixed in version 13.0.0.
Affected Packages
pillow (CONDA):
Affected version(s) >=5.3.0 <13.0.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 13.0.0https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=12.0.0 <13.0.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 13.0.0pillow (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=12.0.0 <13.0.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 13.0.0pillow (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=5.3.0 <13.0.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 13.0.0Related Resources (5)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Use of Uninitialized Resource
EPSS
Base Score:
0.29