CVE-2016-2533

mediumpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.040 · 91 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

4.03% (91st) EPSS

CVSS 4.3 · medium

Is it mine?

10 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 2.9

v3.06.5mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 3.6

v3.06.5mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.06mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-119USprimaryCWE-119US

affected products (10)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Amazon Linux 2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:amazon:linux_2:-
Open Source Pythonall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:python:python:-
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
SUSE openSUSEall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:opensuse:-
n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
debian debian linux= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian linux= 8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
python pillow≤ 3.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:python:pillow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
python imaging project python imaging≤ 1.1.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:python_imaging_project:python_imaging:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
PyPI pillow< 3.1.1osvUSpkg:pypi/pillow

advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2024-0426Python: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of ServiceDeutsch2016-09-15csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Python ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
GHSA-3c5c-7235-994jPillow buffer overflow in ImagingPcdDecode2018-07-24ghsa · osvUS
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.
PYSEC-2016-192016-04-13vendor · osvUS
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.

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Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd osv cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2016-04-13modified 2026-06-17

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references (20)

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