CVE-2026-42309
Pillow: Pillow: Denial of Service via specially crafted coordinate input
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · May 9, 2026
Updated · October 15, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in Pillow, a Python imaging library. A malicious actor could exploit this vulnerability by providing specially crafted nested lists as coordinates to image processing APIs within Pillow. This could lead to a heap buffer overflow, potentially causing a denial of service in applications using the library.
Statement
This Moderate impact vulnerability in the Pillow Python imaging library could lead to a denial of service. Applications processing untrusted image data that utilize specific Pillow APIs, such as ImagePath.Path, ImageDraw.ImageDraw.polygon, or ImageDraw.ImageDraw.line, with specially crafted nested list coordinates are susceptible to a heap buffer overflow.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.1CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-131 · Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size