CVE-2021-28675
published 2021-06-02CVE-2021-28675: An issue was discovered in Pillow before 8.2.0. PSDImagePlugin.PsdImageFile lacked a sanity check on the number of input layers relative to the size of the…
PriorityP418medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.96%
57.9th percentile
An issue was discovered in Pillow before 8.2.0. PSDImagePlugin.PsdImageFile lacked a sanity check on the number of input layers relative to the size of the data block. This could lead to a DoS on Image.open prior to Image.load.
Affected
11 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | pillow | < pillow 8.1.2+dfsg-0.2 (bookworm) | pillow 8.1.2+dfsg-0.2 (bookworm) |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | — |
| python | pillow | < 8.2.0 | 8.2.0 |
| python | pillow | >= 0 < 8.1.2+dfsg-0.2 | 8.1.2+dfsg-0.2 |
| python | pillow | >= 0 < 8.1.2+dfsg-0.2 | 8.1.2+dfsg-0.2 |
| python | pillow | >= 0 < 8.1.2+dfsg-0.2 | 8.1.2+dfsg-0.2 |
| python | pillow | >= 0 < 8.1.2+dfsg-0.2 | 8.1.2+dfsg-0.2 |
| python | pillow | >= 0 < 8.2.0 | 8.2.0 |
| python | pillow | >= 0 < 2.3.0-1ubuntu3.4+esm5 | 2.3.0-1ubuntu3.4+esm5 |
| python | pillow | >= 0 < 3.1.2-0ubuntu1.6+esm3 | 3.1.2-0ubuntu1.6+esm3 |
| python | pillow | >= 0 < 5.1.0-1ubuntu0.8+esm2 | 5.1.0-1ubuntu0.8+esm2 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv9.1CRITICAL
vendor_ubuntu9.1CRITICAL
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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OSV
pillow vulnerabilities
osv·2026-03-31·CVSS 9.1
CVE-2021-25287 [CRITICAL] pillow vulnerabilities
pillow vulnerabilities
It was discovered that Pillow did not correctly handle reading J2K files,
which could lead to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. If a user or
automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-25287, CVE-2021-25288)
It was discovered that Pillow did not correctly handle certain integer
arithmetic, which could lead to a buffer overflow. An attacker could
possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary
code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-25290)
It was discovered that Pillow did not correctly perform bounds checking
for certain operations. An attacker could possibly use this i
GHSA
Pillow denial of service
ghsa·2021-06-08
CVE-2021-28675 [HIGH] CWE-233 Pillow denial of service
Pillow denial of service
An issue was discovered in Pillow before 8.2.0. `PSDImagePlugin.PsdImageFile` lacked a sanity check on the number of input layers relative to the size of the data block. This could lead to a DoS on `Image.open` prior to `Image.load`.
OSV
Pillow denial of service
osv·2021-06-08
CVE-2021-28675 [HIGH] Pillow denial of service
Pillow denial of service
An issue was discovered in Pillow before 8.2.0. `PSDImagePlugin.PsdImageFile` lacked a sanity check on the number of input layers relative to the size of the data block. This could lead to a DoS on `Image.open` prior to `Image.load`.
OSV
CVE-2021-28675: An issue was discovered in Pillow before 8
osv·2021-06-02·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2021-28675 [MEDIUM] CVE-2021-28675: An issue was discovered in Pillow before 8
An issue was discovered in Pillow before 8.2.0. PSDImagePlugin.PsdImageFile lacked a sanity check on the number of input layers relative to the size of the data block. This could lead to a DoS on Image.open prior to Image.load.
Ubuntu
Pillow vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2026-03-31·CVSS 9.1
CVE-2023-50447 [CRITICAL] Pillow vulnerabilities
Title: Pillow vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Pillow.
It was discovered that Pillow did not correctly handle reading J2K files,
which could lead to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. If a user or
automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-25287, CVE-2021-25288)
It was discovered that Pillow did not correctly handle certain integer
arithmetic, which could lead to a buffer overflow. An attacker could
possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary
code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-25290)
It was discovered that Pillow did not correctly perform bounds checkin
Ubuntu
Pillow vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2021-05-19
CVE-2021-28677 Pillow vulnerabilities
Title: Pillow vulnerabilities
Summary: Pillow could be made to crash or hang if it opened a specially crafted
file.
It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain image files. If a
user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted
file, a remote attacker could cause Pillow to crash or hand, resulting in a
denial of service.
Instructions: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Red Hat
python-pillow: Excessive memory allocation in PSD image reader
vendor_redhat·2021-04-01·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2021-28675 [MEDIUM] CWE-20 python-pillow: Excessive memory allocation in PSD image reader
python-pillow: Excessive memory allocation in PSD image reader
An issue was discovered in Pillow before 8.2.0. PSDImagePlugin.PsdImageFile lacked a sanity check on the number of input layers relative to the size of the data block. This could lead to a DoS on Image.open prior to Image.load.
A flaw was found in python-pillow. PsdImagePlugin.PsdImageFile does not sanity check the number of input layers with regard to the size of the data block which could lead to a denial-of-service.
Statement: To mitigate this feature on Red Hat Quay keep the invoice generation feature disabled, as it is by default.
Package: python-pillow (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Out of support scope
Package: quay/quay-rhel8 (Red Hat Quay 3) - Affected
Debian
CVE-2021-28675: pillow - An issue was discovered in Pillow before 8.2.0. PSDImagePlugin.PsdImageFile lack...
vendor_debian·2021·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2021-28675 [MEDIUM] CVE-2021-28675: pillow - An issue was discovered in Pillow before 8.2.0. PSDImagePlugin.PsdImageFile lack...
An issue was discovered in Pillow before 8.2.0. PSDImagePlugin.PsdImageFile lacked a sanity check on the number of input layers relative to the size of the data block. This could lead to a DoS on Image.open prior to Image.load.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 8.1.2+dfsg-0.2)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 8.1.2+dfsg-0.2)
forky: resolved (fixed in 8.1.2+dfsg-0.2)
sid: resolved (fixed in 8.1.2+dfsg-0.2)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 8.1.2+dfsg-0.2)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MQHA5HAIBOYI3R6HDWCLAGFTIQP767FL/https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/8.2.0.html#cve-2021-28675-fix-dos-in-psdimagepluginhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-33https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MQHA5HAIBOYI3R6HDWCLAGFTIQP767FL/https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/8.2.0.html#cve-2021-28675-fix-dos-in-psdimagepluginhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-33
2021-06-02
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