CVE-2026-96778
waiting for further signalsZero needs more public information before it can validate it.GHSA-g7cr-3p24-7wf7 ↗EUVD-2026-107566 ↗
description
Pillow versions 9.4.0 through 12.x can overflow a heap buffer while re-encoding an image as JPEG. An attacker who can supply an image may crash the processing Python process and could potentially achieve code execution if the application preserves the image's ICC profile and comment during JPEG output.
mitigation
Upgrade Pillow to version 13.0.0 or later. Until upgrades are complete, avoid re-saving untrusted images as JPEG while retaining embedded ICC profiles or comment metadata.
fixed in 13.0.0
outcome
Contextual: an exploit technique exists, but no deterministic check could cover this one.
source signals
Public signals that triggered or updated the pipeline. These are inputs for the deltas above.
- 2026-10-17 10:35Zghsa: trigger signal, started the run
- 2026-10-21 20:58Zcve.org record for CVE-2026-96778
this entry in the feed
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published 2026-10-20 12:22Z
last change 2026-10-22 13:02Z
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