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.
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/1d4773e6cea0c4a2814e6d4cdc099bbcf56da6ce | Patch |
| https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/releases/tag/13.0.0 | Release Notes |
| https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-q45j-58j2-45rg | Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory |
| https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-q45j-58j2-45rg | Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
History
27 Oct 2026, 14:55
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| First Time |
Python
Python pillow |
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| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 6.2 |
| References | () https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/1d4773e6cea0c4a2814e6d4cdc099bbcf56da6ce - Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/releases/tag/13.0.0 - Release Notes | |
| References | () https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-q45j-58j2-45rg - Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:python:pillow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
22 Oct 2026, 22:18
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| References | () https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-q45j-58j2-45rg - |
19 Oct 2026, 22:17
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-10-19 22:17
Updated : 2026-10-27 14:55
NVD link : CVE-2026-112897
Mitre link : CVE-2026-112897
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-112897
JSON object : View
Products Affected
python
- pillow
CWE
CWE-908
Use of Uninitialized Resource
