Description
Pillow is a Python imaging library. From 1.0 through 12.3.0, ImageFileDirectory_v2.load() in src/PIL/TiffImagePlugin.py retains a separate bytes object for each out-of-line IFD tag value without limiting the total data read or preventing distinct tags from referencing the same file region. A small crafted TIFF or EXIF-bearing JPEG, PNG, WebP, or MPO can therefore cause memory use quadratic in the input size. TIFF and some JPEG paths trigger parsing during Image.open(), while other formats are exposed when EXIF is requested, including through getexif() or ImageOps.exif_transpose(). The declared pixel dimensions do not bound this metadata allocation, so decompression-bomb checks do not prevent process memory exhaustion. This issue is fixed in version 13.0.0.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| python-pillow | Pillow | >= 1.0, < 13.0.0 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | pillow | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | pillow | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | pillow | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | pillow | No fix yet | — |
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS | pillow +1 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS | pillow | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | pillow | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS | pillow | No fix yet | — |
Wolfi
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfi rolling | open-webui | No fix yet | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | pillow | < 13.0.0 | 13.0.0 | GHSA-wqgw-9xfh-qf2g |
References
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-wqgw-9xfh-qf2g
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/4908edaf7f416616784c7c03d8c1a60153710ffb
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/4b63dffd8a6d980fa0e21b40832fa6cbf033eacf
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/releases/tag/13.0.0