CRITICALCVSS v4 9.2Vulnerability

CVE-2026-112403

## Summary `JpegImageFile.draft()` — which `Image.thumbnail()` calls automatically — requests 1/2, 1/4 or 1/8 scaled JPEG output and shrinks `self._size` and the tile extents to match, so `_setimage()` allocates a single-row decode buffer of `ceil(W/s)` samples. `ImagingJpegDecode()` sets `cinfo.scale_num`/`scale_denom`, calls `jpeg_start_decompress()`, and then reads scanlines into that buffer without ever comparing `cinfo.output_width`, `cinfo.output_height` or `cinfo.out_color_components` against `state->xsize`, `state->ysize` and `state->bits`. libjpeg-turbo 3.x decodes lossless (SOF3) JPEG, but hardwires lossless streams to no scaling — the requested `scale_denom` is silently discarded. It therefore returns full-width `W`-sample rows into a buffer sized for `ceil(W/s)`. Each `jpeg_read_scanlines()` call writes `(W - ceil(W/s)) x components` bytes past the end of the heap allocation, and the overflowing bytes are the decoded pixel values, which are byte-exact for an 8-bit grayscale lossless image. The input is a standards-compliant JPEG, so `Image.open(..., formats=["JPEG"])` does not prevent it. Pillow's Python SOF parser already accepts marker `0xFFC3` ("SOF3", "Spatial lossless") at 8-bit precision, so the file opens normally as a `JPEG` / mode `L` image at its full declared size. ## Affected code At `e41083f383c9cd3db95de52564cc0b6452313d4a` (`main`, 2026-08-29): - `src/libImaging/JpegDecode.c:224-262` — `ImagingJpegDecode()`; `jpeg_start_decompress()` at :240, `jpeg_read_scanlines()` at :252, with no geometry check between them. - `src/decode.c:222-231` — `_setimage()`; `state->buffer = calloc(1, state->bytes)` with `state->bytes = (state->bits * state->xsize + 7) / 8`. - `src/PIL/JpegImagePlugin.py:428-464` — `JpegImageFile.draft()`; computes `s` and shrinks `_size`, the tile extents and `decoderconfig` with no notion of lossless coding. - `src/PIL/JpegImagePlugin.py:271` — `0xFFC3: ("SOF3", "Spatial lossless", SOF)`. ```c // src/libImaging/JpegDeco

Properties

Severity
critical
Summary
Pillow: Heap buffer overflow in ImagingJpegDecode
Nvd fetched at
2026-10-20T21:14:08.448323+00:00
Epss score
0.00321
Cvss severity
CRITICAL
Cvss score
9.2
Retrieved at
2026-10-21T01:24:48+00:00
Ghsa published
2026-10-20T20:40:07Z
Source url
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8g5g-8vmr-9782
Ghsa updated
2026-10-20T20:40:09Z
Ghsa id
GHSA-8g5g-8vmr-9782
Last source
FIRST EPSS
Score
9.2
Cvss version
4.0
Cve id
CVE-2026-112403
Cvss vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
First seen by Signal
2026-10-20T00:27:55+00:00
Is ghsa only
false
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Published at
2026-10-19T22:17:07.770

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AFFECTS (1)

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