Security advisory

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-0740",
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    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-0740",
    "summary": "Buffer overflow in the ImagingLibTiffDecode function in libImaging/TiffDecode.c in Pillow before 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to overwrite memory via a crafted TIFF file.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-0740",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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        "PYSEC-2016-5"
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                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
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          "versions": [
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            "3.1.0-rc1",
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            "2.9.0.dev1",
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            "2.2.1",
            "2.2.0",
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                "source": "https://github.com/python-pillow/pillow/commit/6dcbf5bd96b717c58d7b642949da8d323099928e",
                "target": {
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            "vanir_signatures_modified": "2026-10-24T14:03:47Z"
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T14:03:47.949873703Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-52",
        "https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/blob/c3cb690fed5d4bf0c45576759de55d054916c165/CHANGES.rst",
        "https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/6dcbf5bd96b717c58d7b642949da8d323099928e"
      ],
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            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 442853,
  "published_at": "2016-04-13T16:59:01.377+00:00"
}