CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-28231

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2026-02-27 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-02-27
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.1 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-125, CWE-190

Description

pillow_heif is a Python library for working with HEIF images and plugin for Pillow. Prior to version 1.3.0, an integer overflow in the encode path buffer validation of `_pillow_heif.c` allows an attacker to bypass bounds checks by providing large image dimensions, resulting in a heap out-of-bounds read. This can lead to information disclosure (server heap memory leaking into encoded images) or denial of service (process crash). No special configuration is required — this triggers under default settings. Version 1.3.0 fixes the issue.

Affected configurations

• bigcat88 pillow-heif (< 1.3.0)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound weakness

References