Pillow is a Python imaging library. From 4.1.0 until 13.0.0, Pillow's MSP RLE decoder can expand a small file into an unbounded in-memory buffer. The decoder writes run-length output to BytesIO without limiting expansion to the declared image size. An attacker can supply a crafted MSP image to an application that loads its pixels. This can exhaust memory and deny service even when the declared pixel count passes the decompression-bomb check. 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/5dcb630b9798efd91929cb873d677aeee6ed0bb3 Patch
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-gg2r-wvfm-q9rx Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 6
- 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 2026-10-22 21:11
- StatusPublished → Undergoing AnalysisNVD modified 2026-10-20 19:48
- StatusReceived → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-19 21:35
- First seenCVSS 8.7NVD modified 2026-10-19 22:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
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