Medium
Security advisory
Pillow before 3.3.2 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by using the "crafted image file" approach, related to an "Integer Overflow" issue affecting the Image.core.map_buffer in map.c component.
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2016-9189
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- 1 Nov 2026, 08:29 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Pillow before 3.3.2 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by using the "crafted image file" approach, related to an "Integer Overflow" issue affecting the Image.core.map_buffer in map.c component.
osv:CVE-2016-9189
Complete source record
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