Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value Affecting pillow package, versions [,12.3.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.42% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-PILLOW-17824466
  • published6 Jul 2026
  • disclosed6 Jul 2026
  • creditdino320

Introduced: 6 Jul 2026

CVE-2026-54060  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-789  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade pillow to version 12.3.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value in the FontFile.compile process. An attacker can cause excessive memory allocation by providing a specially crafted font file that triggers uncontrolled resource consumption during image conversion or saving.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1