Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 2, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-28678
CVE-2021-28678
Description
An issue was discovered in Pillow before 8.2.0. For BLP data, BlpImagePlugin did not properly check that reads (after jumping to file offsets) returned data. This could lead to a DoS where the decoder could be run a large number of times on empty data.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
PillowPyPI | >= 5.1.0, < 8.2.0 | 8.2.0 |
Affected products
7- Pillow/Pillowdescription
- osv-coords6 versionspkg:bitnami/pillowpkg:pypi/pillowpkg:rpm/almalinux/python3-pillowpkg:rpm/opensuse/python-Pillow&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/suse/python-Pillow&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%209pkg:rpm/suse/python-Pillow&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%209
< 8.2.0+ 5 more
- (no CPE)range: < 8.2.0
- (no CPE)range: >= 5.1.0, < 8.2.0
- (no CPE)range: < 5.1.1-16.el8
- (no CPE)range: < 7.2.0-150300.3.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.2.0-3.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.2.0-3.8.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
9- github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/5377nvdPatchThird Party AdvisoryWEB
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-hjfx-8p6c-g7gxghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28678ghsaADVISORY
- pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/8.2.0.htmlnvdRelease NotesVendor AdvisoryWEB
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-33nvdThird Party AdvisoryWEB
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pillow/PYSEC-2021-94.yamlghsaWEB
- github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/5377/commits/496245aa4365d0827390bd0b6fbd11287453b3a1ghsaWEB
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MQHA5HAIBOYI3R6HDWCLAGFTIQP767FLghsaWEB
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MQHA5HAIBOYI3R6HDWCLAGFTIQP767FL/nvd
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