Medium severity · published Apr 24, 2017
CVE-2016-3076
Heap-based buffer overflow in the j2k_encode_entry function in Pillow 2.5.0 through 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted…
5.5
CVSS
2.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the j2k_encode_entry function in Pillow 2.5.0 through 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted Jpeg2000 file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.6% · higher than 85% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PI
Pillow · Python
2.5.0; 2.5.1; 2.5.2; 2.5.3; 2.6.0; 2.6.0; +13 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3076
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3076
Release Notes
http://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/4.1.x/releasenotes/3.1.2.html
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98042
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1321929
More from Pillow
9.8
CVE-2026-96639
Pillow multi-frame loaders can reuse stale native image storage after mode transitions
9.8
CVE-2026-112900
Pillow: Argument Injection in Ghostscript call, potentially leading into RCE
9.8
CVE-2026-112403
Pillow: Heap buffer overflow in ImagingJpegDecode
9.8
CVE-2026-112398
Pillow: Heap buffer overflow in FlashPix (FPX) JPEG decoding leads to code execution
9.8
CVE-2026-112393
Pillow: Heap buffer overflow in _tiffWriteProc when saving TIFF to BytesIO