Description
psd-tools is a Python package for working with Adobe Photoshop PSD files. Prior to 1.17.4, PSDImage.composite() and PSDImage.numpy() allocated output buffers from attacker-controlled PSD header geometry, including width, height, channels, depth, and per-layer rectangles, before validating those values against the available file data. A tiny crafted PSD could therefore cause multi-gigabyte memory allocation, and PSDImage.composite() could return a black image with only a warning instead of raising an exception. Services that composite untrusted PSD files could be terminated by out-of-memory handling. This issue is fixed in version 1.17.4.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| psd-tools | psd-tools | < 1.17.4 | — |
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.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | psd-tools | 1.17.4+dfsg.1-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | psd-tools | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | psd-tools | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | psd-tools | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | psd-tools | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | psd-tools | No fix yet | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | psd-tools | < 1.17.4 | 1.17.4 | GHSA-8q6g-vjhf-jp8m |