CVE-2026-112896
Pillow: TIFF encoder ColorMap plane-size mismatch causes a heap out-of-bounds read
HIGH 8.8
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.47 % · percentile 41 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- GitHub_M
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
Pillow is a Python imaging library. Prior to 13.0.0, Pillow's TIFF encoder can read beyond a ColorMap buffer when retained TIFF metadata has a plane size inconsistent with BitsPerSample. A small TIFF can be opened normally and then retain a crafted ColorMap that is reused when the image is saved. An application that re-encodes the attacker's TIFF with libtiff can trigger the out-of-bounds read. This can disclose heap memory in the output or crash the process. This issue is fixed in version 13.0.0.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 4.0 | HIGH 8.8 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | GitHub_M |
| CVSS 4.0 | HIGH 8.8 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X | NVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-pchr-8j38-3x4p — Pillow: TIFF encoder ColorMap plane-size mismatch causes a heap out-of-bounds read
- PYSEC-2026-4334 — Pillow is a Python imaging library. Prior to 13.0.0, Pillow's TIFF encoder can read beyond a ColorMap buffer when retained TIFF metadata has a plane size incons
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-104658
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-112896
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:python:pillow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 13.0.0
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| python-pillow · Pillow | affected < 13.0.0 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |