CVE-2022-22816 Out-of-bounds Read in Pillow
A buffer over-read in Pillow's path initialization allows attackers to cause denial of service or potentially execute code via crafted images.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-22816?
CVE-2022-22816 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 7 Jan 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
path_getbbox in path.c in Pillow before 9.0.0 has a buffer over-read during initialization of ImagePath.Path.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-22816?
4 open source packages ship an affected version, including pillow. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
pillow Bitnami | All versions | 9.0.0 |
pillow PyPI | All versions | 9.0.0 |
pillow PyPI | All versions | 9.0.0 |
pillow PyPI | All versions | 9.0.0 |
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Python Pillow.
How do I fix CVE-2022-22816?
Upgrade pillow to 9.0.0 or later.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2022-22816 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22816 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2022-22816, BIT-pillow-2022-22816, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-22816, GHSA-xrcv-f9gm-v42c, PYSEC-2022-9, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-22816.