High severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 1, 2025· Updated Jul 1, 2025
Pillow Vulnerable to Write Buffer Overflow on BCn encoding
CVE-2025-48379
Description
Pillow is a Python imaging library. In versions 11.2.0 to before 11.3.0, there is a heap buffer overflow when writing a sufficiently large (>64k encoded with default settings) image in the DDS format due to writing into a buffer without checking for available space. This only affects users who save untrusted data as a compressed DDS image. This issue has been patched in version 11.3.0.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
pillowPyPI | >= 11.2.0, < 11.3.0 | 11.3.0 |
Affected products
50- osv-coords49 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/kubeflow-pipelines-visualization-serverpkg:apk/chainguard/open-webuipkg:apk/chainguard/open-webui-compatpkg:apk/chainguard/pgadmin4pkg:apk/chainguard/pgadmin4-oci-entrypointpkg:apk/chainguard/pgadmin4-pg12pkg:apk/chainguard/pgadmin4-pg13pkg:apk/chainguard/pgadmin4-pg14pkg:apk/chainguard/pgadmin4-pg15pkg:apk/chainguard/pgadmin4-pg16pkg:apk/chainguard/pgadmin4-pg17pkg:apk/chainguard/py3.10-torchvision-cuda-12.3pkg:apk/chainguard/py3.10-vllm-cuda-11.8pkg:apk/chainguard/py3.10-vllm-cuda-12.4pkg:apk/chainguard/py3.10-wheels-torchvision-cuda-12.3pkg:apk/chainguard/py3.10-wheels-vllm-cuda-11.8pkg:apk/chainguard/py3.11-torchvision-cuda-12.3pkg:apk/chainguard/py3.11-wheels-torchvision-cuda-12.3pkg:apk/chainguard/py3.12-vllm-cuda-12.4pkg:apk/chainguard/py3.9-torchvision-cuda-11.8pkg:apk/chainguard/py3.9-wheels-torchvision-cuda-11.8pkg:apk/chainguard/py3-vllm-cuda-12.4pkg:apk/chainguard/supersetpkg:apk/chainguard/superset-cipkg:apk/chainguard/superset-entrypointpkg:apk/chainguard/superset-iamguarded-compatpkg:apk/chainguard/tensorflow-cpu-jupyterpkg:apk/chainguard/tensorflow-gpu-jupyterpkg:apk/chainguard/tritonserver-backend-vllm-24.04pkg:apk/wolfi/kubeflow-pipelines-visualization-serverpkg:apk/wolfi/open-webuipkg:apk/wolfi/open-webui-compatpkg:apk/wolfi/supersetpkg:apk/wolfi/superset-cipkg:apk/wolfi/superset-entrypointpkg:apk/wolfi/superset-iamguarded-compatpkg:apk/wolfi/tensorflow-cpu-jupyterpkg:bitnami/pillowpkg:deb/ubuntu/pillow@10.2.0-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=noblepkg:deb/ubuntu/pillow@10.4.0-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=oracularpkg:deb/ubuntu/pillow@11.1.0-5build1?arch=source&distro=pluckypkg:deb/ubuntu/pillow@2.3.0-1ubuntu3.4+esm4?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trustypkg:deb/ubuntu/pillow@3.1.2-0ubuntu1.6+esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenialpkg:deb/ubuntu/pillow@5.1.0-1ubuntu0.8+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/bionicpkg:deb/ubuntu/pillow@7.0.0-4ubuntu0.9?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/focalpkg:deb/ubuntu/pillow@9.0.1-1ubuntu0.3?arch=source&distro=jammypkg:deb/ubuntu/pillow-python2@6.2.1-3ubuntu0.1~esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focalpkg:pypi/pillowpkg:rpm/opensuse/python-Pillow&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 2.5.0-r4+ 48 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.5.0-r4
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.36-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.36-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 9.5-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 9.5-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 9.5-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 9.5-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 9.5-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 9.5-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 9.5-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 9.5-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 0.18.1-r7
- (no CPE)range: < 0.9.1-r2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.9.2-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 0.18.1-r7
- (no CPE)range: < 0.9.1-r2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.18.1-r8
- (no CPE)range: < 0.18.1-r8
- (no CPE)range: < 0.9.2-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 0.18.1-r4
- (no CPE)range: < 0.18.1-r4
- (no CPE)range: < 0.9.2-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 5.0.0-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 5.0.0-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 5.0.0-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 5.0.0-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 2.19.0-r6
- (no CPE)range: < 2.19.0-r5
- (no CPE)range: < 24.04-r13
- (no CPE)range: < 2.5.0-r4
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.36-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.36-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 5.0.0-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 5.0.0-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 5.0.0-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 5.0.0-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 2.19.0-r6
- (no CPE)range: >= 11.2.0
- (no CPE)range: >= 0
- (no CPE)range: >= 0
- (no CPE)range: >= 0
- (no CPE)range: >= 0
- (no CPE)range: >= 0
- (no CPE)range: >= 0
- (no CPE)range: >= 0
- (no CPE)range: >= 0
- (no CPE)range: >= 0
- (no CPE)range: >= 11.2.0, < 11.3.0
- (no CPE)range: < 11.3.0-1.1
- Range: >= 11.2.0, < 11.3.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- github.com/advisories/GHSA-xg8h-j46f-w952ghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48379ghsaADVISORY
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pillow/PYSEC-2025-61.yamlghsaWEB
- github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/ef98b3510e3e4f14b547762764813d7e5ca3c5a4ghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/9041ghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/releases/tag/11.3.0ghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-xg8h-j46f-w952ghsax_refsource_CONFIRMWEB
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