Pillow is a Python imaging library. From 12.0.0 until 13.0.0, Pillow's Image.merge() can dereference a null image8 plane. Validation skips the first input band, allowing a 32-bit integer or floating-point image backed by image32 storage to be merged as a narrower multiband image. A crafted IPTC file can reach this path when an application opens and loads it, or a caller can invoke Image.merge() directly with such a first band. This causes a native process crash. This issue is fixed in version 13.0.0.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 2
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/b6ee66e8b2c2c0932bdf65f963268d9f2927ef86 Patch
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-cp9v-662q-vvx9 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 8
- Cpes+1 CPE criteria (now 1)NVD modified 2026-10-27 14:59
- StatusPublished → AnalyzedNVD modified 2026-10-27 14:59
- StatusUndergoing Analysis → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-20 15:56
- StatusPublished → Undergoing AnalysisNVD modified 2026-10-20 19:48
- StatusReceived → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-20 15:56
- StatusPublished → ReceivedNVD modified 2026-10-20 16:17
- StatusReceived → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-19 21:29
- First seenCVSS 8.7NVD modified 2026-10-19 22:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:python:pillow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*