CVE-2026-96636 (GCVE-0-2026-96636)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-21 21:05
Modified
2026-10-21 21:05
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CWE
Summary
Pillow is a Python imaging library. Prior to 13.0.0, MpoImageFile.seek() and DcxImageFile.seek() reparse later MPO or DCX frames and replace self._size without rerunning Image._decompression_bomb_check(). A crafted multi-frame image can use a tiny first frame to pass Image.open() and then declare an over-limit later frame. Normal frame iteration through seek(), load(), or ImageSequence.Iterator can decode that frame and commit hundreds of megabytes or more, causing memory-exhaustion denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 13.0.0.
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| python-pillow | Pillow |
Version: < 13.0.0 |
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"title": "Pillow: Decompression-bomb protection bypass via multi-frame seek() in MPO and DCX (MpoImageFile.seek / DcxImageFile.seek)"
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