Pillow is a Python imaging library. Prior to 12.3.0, PIL/BdfFontFile.py bdf_char() read the BBX width and height field from a BDF font file and passed attacker-controlled dimensions to Image.new() without calling Image._decompression_bomb_check(), bypassing Pillow's documented decompression bomb protection and allowing excessive memory allocation. This issue is fixed in version 12.3.0.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 3
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/0a263e6264aa5399988d9acd3bbfbca2ca3ec77d Patch
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-45hq-cxwh-f6vc Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-45hq-cxwh-f6vc Exploit, Vendor Advisory
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Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 7.5 · pythonNVD modified 2026-10-25 20:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:python:pillow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 4
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/blob/main/docs/releasenotes/12.3.0.rst Release Notes
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/0a263e6264aa5399988d9acd3bbfbca2ca3ec77d Patch
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-45hq-cxwh-f6vc Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-45hq-cxwh-f6vc Exploit, Vendor Advisory