Vulnerabilities / CVE-2016-4009

critical

CVE-2016-4009

python-pillow: integer overflow in the ImagingResampleHorizontal function

Published Modified CWE 119
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GHSA9.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Red Hat4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, GHSA. Rated lower by Red Hat (medium).

Description

Integer overflow in the ImagingResampleHorizontal function in libImaging/Resample.c in Pillow before 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via negative values of the new size, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
pip::GitHub Security Advisory pippillow3.1.1
debian 11pillow3.1.1-1
debian 12pillow3.1.1-1
debian 13pillow3.1.1-1
debian 14pillow3.1.1-1
echopillow3.1.1-1

References

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