CVE-2026-112897
Publication date 19 October 2026
Last updated 12 November 2026
Ubuntu priority
Description
Pillow is a Python imaging library. From 5.3.0 until 13.0.0, Pillow can return uninitialized memory as pixels when libtiff performs a short decode of JPEG-compressed or Group 4 fax TIFF data. The _decodeStrip and _decodeTile buffers can be larger than the bytes written by libtiff, but Pillow converts the expected rows without clearing the unwritten tail. The tile path is affected from 5.3.0 and the strip path from 6.0.0. An attacker can supply a crafted TIFF to an application that loads and returns or re-encodes its pixels. This can disclose stale heap contents without memory corruption or a process crash. This issue is fixed in version 13.0.0.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| pillow | 26.10 stonking |
Fixed in 12.3.0-1ubuntu2
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| 26.04 LTS resolute |
Fixed in 12.1.1-2ubuntu1.5
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| 24.04 LTS noble |
Fixed in 10.2.0-1ubuntu1.5
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Fixed in 9.0.1-1ubuntu0.7
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Fixed in 7.0.0-4ubuntu0.9+esm2
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
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| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Not affected
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| pillow-python2 | 26.10 stonking | Not in release |
| 26.04 LTS resolute | Not in release | |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
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CVSS version:
Base score
8.7 · High
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Base score
6.2 · Medium
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-9064-1
- Pillow vulnerabilities
- 12 November 2026