CVE-2016-0740

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.

Database specific

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    "unresolved_ranges":  [
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            "cpes":  [
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
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                    "introduced":  "7.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "7.0"
                },
                {
                    "introduced":  "8.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "8.0"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product":  "debian:debian_linux"
        }
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}

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/python-pillow/pillow

Affected ranges

Type

GIT

Repo

https://github.com/python-pillow/pillow

Events

Introduced

Last Affected

fff5536b37c2d619c66c1189b6925fa0a8df3822

Fixed

6dcbf5bd96b717c58d7b642949da8d323099928e

Database specific

Show details

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    "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:python:pillow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "introduced":  "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected":  "3.1.0"
        }
    ],
    "source":  [
        "CPE_RANGE",
        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

Affected versions

1.*

1.0

1.2

1.7.7

1.7.8

2.*

2.0.0

2.1.0

2.2.0

2.2.1

2.3.0

2.5.0

2.7.0

2.8.0

2.8.1

2.9.0

2.9.0.dev0

2.9.0.dev1

2.9.0.dev2

3.*

3.1.0

3.1.0-rc1

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-0740.json"

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vanir_signatures_modified

"2026-08-07T14:31:27Z"