UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2533

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2533

    Published: 13 Apr 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-2533

    Summary:

    Details: Buffer overflow in the ImagingPcdDecode function in PcdDecode.c in Pillow before 3.1.1 and Python Imaging Library (PIL) 1.1.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted PhotoCD file.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2533, https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/1706, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/02/5, https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/ae453aa18b66af54e7ff716f4ccb33adca60afd4, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3080-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2533, 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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