CVE-2020-11538

An out-of-bounds read/write flaw was found in python-pillow, in the way SGI RLE images are decoded. An application that uses python-pillow to decode untrusted images may be vulnerable. This flaw allows an attacker to crash the application or potentially execute code on the system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

This issue did not affect the versions of python-pillow and python-imaging as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7 as they did not include the SGI RLE image decoder, where the flaw lies.

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