Vulnerabilities / CVE-2020-5311

critical

CVE-2020-5311

python-pillow: out-of-bounds write in expandrow in libImaging/SgiRleDecode.c

Published Modified CWE 120
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:3.1/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 Hat9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Bitnami9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Description

libImaging/SgiRleDecode.c in Pillow before 6.2.2 has an SGI buffer overflow.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
bitnami::Bitnami Vulnerability Databasepillow6.2.2
pip::GitHub Security Advisory pippillow6.2.2
alpine 3.12py3-pillow6.2.2-r0
alpine 3.13py3-pillow6.2.2-r0
alpine 3.14py3-pillow6.2.2-r0
alpine 3.15py3-pillow6.2.2-r0
alpine 3.16py3-pillow6.2.2-r0
alpine 3.17py3-pillow6.2.2-r0
alpine 3.18py3-pillow6.2.2-r0
alpine 3.19py3-pillow6.2.2-r0
alpine 3.20py3-pillow6.2.2-r0
alpine 3.21py3-pillow6.2.2-r0
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SourcePackageFixed in
bitnami::Bitnami Vulnerability Databasepillow6.2.2
pip::GitHub Security Advisory pippillow6.2.2
alpine 3.12py3-pillow6.2.2-r0
alpine 3.13py3-pillow6.2.2-r0
alpine 3.14py3-pillow6.2.2-r0
alpine 3.15py3-pillow6.2.2-r0
alpine 3.16py3-pillow6.2.2-r0
alpine 3.17py3-pillow6.2.2-r0
alpine 3.18py3-pillow6.2.2-r0
alpine 3.19py3-pillow6.2.2-r0
alpine 3.20py3-pillow6.2.2-r0
alpine 3.21py3-pillow6.2.2-r0
alpine 3.22py3-pillow6.2.2-r0
alpine 3.23py3-pillow6.2.2-r0
alpine 3.24py3-pillow6.2.2-r0
alpine edgepy3-pillow6.2.2-r0
debian 10pillow5.4.1-2+deb10u1
debian 11pillow7.0.0-1
debian 12pillow7.0.0-1
debian 13pillow7.0.0-1
debian 14pillow7.0.0-1
echopillow7.0.0-1
Oracle Linux 8python3-pillow5.1.1-10.el8_1
ubuntu 18.04pillow5.1.0-1ubuntu0.2
ubuntu 18.04-ESMpillow5.1.0-1ubuntu0.2
ubuntu 19.10pillow6.1.0-1ubuntu0.2

References

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