CVE-2025-48379

July 1, 2025, 7:15 p.m.

7.1
High

Description

Pillow is a Python imaging library. In versions 11.2.0 to before 11.3.0, there is a heap buffer overflow when writing a sufficiently large (>64k encoded with default settings) image in the DDS format due to writing into a buffer without checking for available space. This only affects users who save untrusted data as a compressed DDS image. This issue has been patched in version 11.3.0.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Pillow
  • Pillow
  • 11.2.0-*, <11.3.0

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-122
Heap-based Buffer Overflow
A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a pillow pillow 11.2.0-* / / / / / /
a pillow pillow <11.3.0 / / / / / /

CVSS Score

7.1 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: HIGH
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

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Timeline

Published: July 1, 2025, 7:15 p.m.
Last Modified: July 1, 2025, 7:15 p.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

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