CVE-2016-3076

mediumpriority · track · 23EPSS 0.026 · 85 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
2.58% (85th) EPSS
CVSS 4.3 · medium
Is it mine?
16 products
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Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Heap-based buffer overflow in the j2k_encode_entry function in Pillow 2.5.0 through 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted Jpeg2000 file.

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5.5
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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
v3.05.5mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6
v3.05.5mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · OSV
v3.05.1mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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affected products (16)

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advisories (2)

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  • GHSA-v9pc-9mvp-x87gPillow Buffer overflow in Jpeg2KEncode.c2022-05-17ghsa · osvUS

    Heap-based buffer overflow in the j2k_encode_entry function in Pillow 2.5.0 through 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted Jpeg2000 file.

  • PYSEC-2017-922017-04-24vendor · osvUS

    Heap-based buffer overflow in the j2k_encode_entry function in Pillow 2.5.0 through 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted Jpeg2000 file.

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published 2017-04-24modified 2026-06-17
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