Medium
Security advisory
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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- CVEs
- CVE-2016-3076
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- 1 Nov 2026, 06:03 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:CVE-2016-3076
Complete source record
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