CVE-2020-11538

Published: Jun 25, 2020Modified: Jun 17, 2026

8.1

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 2.2 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

In libImaging/SgiRleDecode.c in Pillow through 7.0.0, a number of out-of-bounds reads exist in the parsing of SGI image files, a different issue than CVE-2020-5311.

Affected (6)

Products: Python: Pillow · Fedoraproject: Fedora · Canonical: Ubuntu Linux

1 product

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Python Pillow	Up to 7.0.0

Configuration B

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Fedoraproject Fedora	Version 31
Fedoraproject Fedora	Version 32

Configuration C

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 16.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 18.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 20.04

Related CWEs

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

References (16)

https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/4504

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingPatch

https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/4538

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingPatch

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BEBCPE4F2VHTIT6EZA2YZQZLPVDEBJGD/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HOKHNWV2VS5GESY7IBD237E7C6T3I427/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/7.1.0.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Product

https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/index.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Release Notes

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4430-1/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4430-2/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/4504