What is CVE-2020-35655?

CVE-2020-35655 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Python Pillow, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-01-12.

How severe is CVE-2020-35655?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Python Pillow

CVE-2020-35655

In Pillow before 8.1.0, SGIRleDecode has a 4-byte buffer over-read when decoding crafted SGI RLE image files because offsets and length tables are mishandled.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.016 (72.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Python Pillow
Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 32, 33
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-35655?: CVE-2020-35655 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Python Pillow, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-01-12.
How severe is CVE-2020-35655?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.