UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0740

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0740

    Published: 4 Feb 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-0740
    Aliases:
    USN-3090-1

    Summary:

    Details: Buffer overflow in the ImagingLibTiffDecode function in libImaging/TiffDecode.c in Pillow before 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to overwrite memory via a crafted TIFF file.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0740, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0740, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3090-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pillow

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.3.0-1ubuntu3.2

    Affected versions

    2.2.1-1ubuntu2
    2.2.1-2ubuntu1
    2.2.1-3ubuntu2
    2.2.1-3ubuntu3
    2.2.1-3ubuntu4
    2.2.1-3ubuntu6

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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