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BREW-AIDER-CVE-2016-3076 (GHSA-V9PC-9MVP-X87G)

Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 16:35 – Updated: 2026-09-09 23:40 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
Pillow Buffer overflow in Jpeg2KEncode.c
Details

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.

Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7.1 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "fix": "bump",
        "range_state": "fixed",
        "resource": "pillow",
        "resource_purl": "pkg:pypi/pillow@12.1.1",
        "upstream_fixed_in": "3.1.2"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Homebrew",
        "name": "aider",
        "purl": "pkg:brew/aider"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.86.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "confidence": "high",
    "source": "matched",
    "strategy": "registry",
    "upstream_evidence": [
      {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "key": "pkg:pypi/pillow@12.1.1",
        "name": "pillow",
        "resource": "pillow",
        "strategy": "registry",
        "subject_version": "12.1.1"
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "BREW-aider-CVE-2016-3076",
  "modified": "2026-09-09T23:40:56Z",
  "published": "2026-08-13T16:35:12Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3076"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1321929"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pillow/PYSEC-2017-92.yaml"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/blob/4.1.x/docs/releasenotes/3.1.2.rst"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200227174644/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98042"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/4.1.x/releasenotes/3.1.2.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.3",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Pillow Buffer overflow in Jpeg2KEncode.c",
  "upstream": [
    "GHSA-v9pc-9mvp-x87g",
    "CVE-2016-3076",
    "PYSEC-2017-92"
  ]
}



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