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CVE-2016-3076

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3076 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the j2k_encode_entry function within Pillow versions 2.5.0 through 3.1.1, allowing remote attackers to trigger a denial of service via a crafted Jpeg2000 file. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to exploit, leading to high availability impact (A:H) due to memory corruption. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating low current threat activity.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:python:pillow:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:python:pillow:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:python:pillow:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:python:pillow:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:python:pillow:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0256 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 5,758 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 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 (1)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: pillowFixed in: 3.1.2

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-v9pc-9mvp-x87ghigh

Pillow Buffer overflow in Jpeg2KEncode.c

May 17, 2022
redhatCVE-2016-3076Moderate

python-pillow: buffer overflow in Jpeg2kEncode.c

Apr 4, 2016

References

pillow.readthedocs.io / en/4.1.x/releasenotes/3.1.2.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/98042