Buffer overflow in Pillow - CVE-2020-5312

 

Buffer overflow in Pillow - CVE-2020-5312

Published: January 3, 2020 / Updated: March 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU23912
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-2020-5312
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists in the "libImaging/PcxDecode.c" file due to a boundary error when processing PCX 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.


Affected software

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-help
python-pillow-debugsource
python3-pillow
python-pillow-debuginfo
python2-pillow
python2-pillow-devel
python3-pillow-devel
python2-pillow-help
python-pillow
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
CentOS
Fedora
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
openEuler

How to mitigate CVE-2020-5312

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
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform - update to 4.3.5
py-pillow (Alpine package) - update to 6.2.2-r0
python3-pillow-help - 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-devel - 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

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