What is CVE-2022-45199?

CVE-2022-45199 is a high-severity vulnerability in Python Pillow, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-11-14.

How severe is CVE-2022-45199?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Python Pillow

CVE-2022-45199

Pillow before 9.3.0 allows denial of service via SAMPLESPERPIXEL.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published 2022-11-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (67.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 67.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Python Pillow

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/2444cddab2f83f28687c7c20871574acbb6dbcf3 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/6700 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
bugs.gentoo.org/878769 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/releases/tag/9.3.0 (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-10 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-45199?: CVE-2022-45199 is a high-severity vulnerability in Python Pillow, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-11-14.
How severe is CVE-2022-45199?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.