CVE-2021-25288 — Out-of-bounds Read in Pillow

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read11 documents8 sources
Severity
9.1CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 49.78%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Python PillowFedoraproject FedoraPaloalto Pan-os
Timeline
PublishedJun 2
Latest updateMar 31

Description

An issue was discovered in Pillow before 8.2.0. There is an out-of-bounds read in J2kDecode, in j2ku_gray_i.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.2

Affected Packages5 packages

▶NVDpython/pillow< 8.2.0
▶PyPIpython/pillow2.4.0 — 8.2.0
▶Debianpython/pillow< 8.1.2+dfsg-0.2+3
▶Ubuntupython/pillow< 2.3.0-1ubuntu3.4+esm5+2
▶Palo Altopaloalto/pan-os

Also affects: Fedora 33

🔴Vulnerability Details

5
OSV
pillow vulnerabilities↗2026-03-31
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OSV
Pillow Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability↗2021-06-08
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GHSA
Pillow Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability↗2021-06-08
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OSV
CVE-2021-25288: An issue was discovered in Pillow before 8↗2021-06-02
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CVEList
CVE-2021-25288: An issue was discovered in Pillow before 8↗2021-06-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

5
Ubuntu
Pillow vulnerabilities↗2026-03-31
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Palo Alto
PAN-SA-2024-0004 Informational Bulletin: OSS CVEs fixed in PAN-OS↗2024-04-10
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Ubuntu
Pillow vulnerabilities↗2021-05-19
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Red Hat
python-pillow: Out-of-bounds read in J2K image reader↗2021-04-01
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Debian
CVE-2021-25288: pillow - An issue was discovered in Pillow before 8.2.0. There is an out-of-bounds read i...↗2021
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