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CVE-2016-0775

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-0775 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the ImagingFliDecode function within Pillow versions prior to 3.1.1, affecting Debian and Python Pillow installations. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by providing a specially crafted FLI image file. Rated as MEDIUM severity (CVSS 6.5), it requires user interaction (UI:R) but can be exploited over the network (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), leading to a system crash (A:H). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:python:pillow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0250 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: PillowFixed in: 3.1.1
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: python-imaging
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: python-imaging
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: python-pillow

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-8xjv-v9xq-m5h9high

Pillow Buffer overflow in ImagingFliDecode

Jul 24, 2018
redhatCVE-2016-0775Moderate

python-pillow: Buffer overflow in FliDecode.c

Feb 4, 2016

References

github.com / python-pillow/Pillow/blob/c3cb690fed5d4bf0c45576759de55d054916c165/CHANGES.rst
github.com / python-pillow/Pillow/commit/893a40850c2d5da41537958e40569c029a6e127b
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201612-52
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3499