CVE-2020-5313

Publication date 3 January 2020

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

libImaging/FliDecode.c in Pillow before 6.2.2 has an FLI buffer overflow.

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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	Fixed 3.1.2-0ubuntu1.3
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.3.0-1ubuntu3.4+esm1

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Notes

leosilva

in trusty code affected is in libimaging/FileDecode.c.

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
pillow	Upstream: a09acd0

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.1 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-4272-1
Pillow vulnerabilities
6 February 2020