CVE-2016-2533

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2533
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2533.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-2533
Aliases
Downstream
DEBIAN (1)
SUSE (2)
UBUNTU (1)
Related
SUSE (2)
Published
2016-04-13T16:59:14Z
Modified
2026-08-07T14:49:07Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Buffer overflow in the ImagingPcdDecode function in PcdDecode.c in Pillow before 3.1.1 and Python Imaging Library (PIL) 1.1.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted PhotoCD file.

Database specific 
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                    "last_affected":  "1.1.7"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_RANGE",
            "vendor_product":  "python_imaging_project:python_imaging"
        },
        {
            "cpes":  [
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events":  [
                {
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                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "7.0"
                },
                {
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                    "last_affected":  "8.0"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product":  "debian:debian_linux"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/python-pillow/pillow

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/python-pillow/pillow
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last Affected
fff5536b37c2d619c66c1189b6925fa0a8df3822
Fixed
5bdf54b5a76b54fb00bd05f2d733e0a4173eefc9
Fixed
ae453aa18b66af54e7ff716f4ccb33adca60afd4
Database specific
Show details 
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    "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 
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vanir_signatures 
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vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-08-07T14:49:07Z"