Vulnerabilities / CVE-2020-5312

critical

CVE-2020-5312

python-pillow: improperly restricted operations on memory buffer in libImaging/PcxDecode.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), Amazon (high), Oracle (high), Ubuntu (medium).

Description

libImaging/PcxDecode.c in Pillow before 6.2.2 has a PCX P mode 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
amazon linux 2python-pillow2.0.0-20.gitd1c6db8.amzn2.0.1
amazon linux 2python-pillow-debuginfo2.0.0-20.gitd1c6db8.amzn2.0.1
amazon linux 2python-pillow-devel2.0.0-20.gitd1c6db8.amzn2.0.1
amazon linux 2python-pillow-doc2.0.0-20.gitd1c6db8.amzn2.0.1
amazon linux 2python-pillow-sane2.0.0-20.gitd1c6db8.amzn2.0.1
amazon linux 2python-pillow-tk2.0.0-20.gitd1c6db8.amzn2.0.1
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
debian 8pillow2.6.1-2+deb8u4
debian 9pillow4.0.0-4+deb9u1
echopillow7.0.0-1
Oracle Linux 6python-imaging1.1.6-20.el6_10
Oracle Linux 6python-imaging-devel1.1.6-20.el6_10
Oracle Linux 6python-imaging-sane1.1.6-20.el6_10
Oracle Linux 6python-imaging-tk1.1.6-20.el6_10
Oracle Linux 7python-pillow2.0.0-20.gitd1c6db8.el7_7
Oracle Linux 7python-pillow-devel2.0.0-20.gitd1c6db8.el7_7
Oracle Linux 7python-pillow-doc2.0.0-20.gitd1c6db8.el7_7
Oracle Linux 7python-pillow-qt2.0.0-20.gitd1c6db8.el7_7
Oracle Linux 7python-pillow-sane2.0.0-20.gitd1c6db8.el7_7
Oracle Linux 7python-pillow-tk2.0.0-20.gitd1c6db8.el7_7
Oracle Linux 8python3-pillow5.1.1-10.el8_1
ubuntu 14.04-ESMpillow2.3.0-1ubuntu3.4+esm1
ubuntu 16.04pillow3.1.2-0ubuntu1.3
ubuntu 16.04-ESMpillow3.1.2-0ubuntu1.3
ubuntu 18.04pillow5.1.0-1ubuntu0.2
ubuntu 18.04-ESMpillow5.1.0-1ubuntu0.2
ubuntu 19.10pillow6.1.0-1ubuntu0.2

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