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CVE-2026-55379 (GCVE-0-2026-55379)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-06 18:52 – Updated: 2026-07-06 19:17
VLAI
Title
Pillow BdfFontFile`: `Image.new()` called without `_decompression_bomb_check()` — bomb protection bypass via font loading
Summary
Pillow is a Python imaging library. Prior to 12.3.0, PIL/BdfFontFile.py bdf_char() read the BBX width and height field from a BDF font file and passed attacker-controlled dimensions to Image.new() without calling Image._decompression_bomb_check(), bypassing Pillow's documented decompression bomb protection and allowing excessive memory allocation. This issue is fixed in version 12.3.0.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-07-06 19:16 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-789 - Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
python-pillow Pillow Affected: < 12.3.0
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