Buffer overflow in Pillow - CVE-2020-5311

Vulnerability identifier: #VU23911

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-5311

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists in the "ibImaging/SgiRleDecode.c" file due to a boundary error when processing an SGI image. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Pillow
pillow (Ubuntu package)
pillow (Debian package)
py-pillow (Alpine package)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions
python3-pillow-devel
python-pillow-debugsource
python3-pillow
python-pillow-debuginfo
python2-pillow
python2-pillow-devel
python3-pillow-help
python2-pillow-help
python-pillow
Fedora
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
openEuler

Install updates from vendor's website.

Pillow - update to 6.2.2
pillow (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 3.1.2-0ubuntu1.3, 5.1.0-1ubuntu0.2, 6.1.0-1ubuntu0.2
pillow (Debian package) - addressed in versions 4.0.0-4+deb9u1, 5.4.1-2+deb10u1
py-pillow (Alpine package) - update to 6.2.2-r0
python3-pillow-devel - update to 5.3.0-10
python-pillow-debugsource - update to 5.3.0-10
python3-pillow - update to 5.3.0-10
python-pillow-debuginfo - update to 5.3.0-10
python2-pillow - update to 5.3.0-10
python2-pillow-devel - update to 5.3.0-10
python3-pillow-help - update to 5.3.0-10
python2-pillow-help - update to 5.3.0-10
python-pillow - update to 5.3.0-10
python-pillow - addressed in versions 5.4.1-4.fc30, 6.2.2-1.fc31
python3-pillow - update to 6.2.2-1.el7

• https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/a79b65c47c7dc6fe623aadf09aa6192fc54548f3
• https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/6.2.2.html

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Pillow
• Ubuntu update for Pillow
• Red Hat update for python-pillow
• Debian update for pillow
• Red Hat update for python-pillow
• Buffer overflow in py-pillow (Alpine package)
• openEuler 20.03 LTS update for python-pillow
• Fedora EPEL 7 update for python3-pillow
• Fedora 31 update for python-pillow
• Fedora 30 update for python-pillow