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
Related
Published
2016-04-13T16:59:14.600Z
Modified
2026-07-08T12:41:10.583333Z
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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        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:a:python_imaging_project:python_imaging:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "1.1.7"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "python_imaging_project:python_imaging",
            "source": "CPE_RANGE"
        },
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "8.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "8.0"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "source": "CPE_STRING"
        }
    ]
}
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 
{
    "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

vanir_signatures 
[
    {
        "source": "https://github.com/python-pillow/pillow/commit/ae453aa18b66af54e7ff716f4ccb33adca60afd4",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "digest": {
            "line_hashes": [
                "243576619890553771933049052307961487112",
                "159213527502674527969643437745726801554",
                "45146649394448460556352801206302482404",
                "53128559915082015387888206077850571244",
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                "159213527502674527969643437745726801554",
                "45146649394448460556352801206302482404",
                "53128559915082015387888206077850571244"
            ],
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        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "id": "CVE-2016-2533-8b4ca020",
        "target": {
            "file": "libImaging/PcdDecode.c"
        }
    },
    {
        "source": "https://github.com/python-pillow/pillow/commit/ae453aa18b66af54e7ff716f4ccb33adca60afd4",
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        "digest": {
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        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "id": "CVE-2016-2533-98c38d44",
        "target": {
            "function": "ImagingPcdDecode",
            "file": "libImaging/PcdDecode.c"
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    },
    {
        "source": "https://github.com/python-pillow/pillow/commit/5bdf54b5a76b54fb00bd05f2d733e0a4173eefc9",
        "signature_version": "v1",
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            "threshold": 0.9
        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "id": "CVE-2016-2533-a27dff82",
        "target": {
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        }
    },
    {
        "source": "https://github.com/python-pillow/pillow/commit/5bdf54b5a76b54fb00bd05f2d733e0a4173eefc9",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "digest": {
            "function_hash": "168762087425834242494109050733475827334",
            "length": 1022.0
        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "id": "CVE-2016-2533-f60f3dd6",
        "target": {
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            "file": "libImaging/PcdDecode.c"
        }
    }
]
vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-07-08T12:41:10Z"
source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2533.json"