CVE-2020-5311

Publication date 3 January 2020

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

libImaging/SgiRleDecode.c in Pillow before 6.2.2 has an SGI buffer overflow.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
pillow	19.10 eoan	Fixed 6.1.0-1ubuntu0.2
	19.04 disco	Ignored end of life
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 5.1.0-1ubuntu0.2
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
pillow	Upstream: a79b65c

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8 · Critical
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-4272-1
Pillow vulnerabilities
6 February 2020

Other references