CVE-2026-42310 (GCVE-0-2026-42310)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-05-09 04:10
Modified
2026-05-12 18:31
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EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Summary
Pillow is a Python imaging library. From version 4.2.0 to before version 12.2.0, an attacker can supply a malicious PDF that causes the process to hang indefinitely, consuming 100% CPU and making the application unresponsive. This issue has been patched in version 12.2.0.
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| python-pillow | Pillow |
Version: >= 4.2.0, < 12.2.0 |
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