Use of Uninitialized Variable Affecting py3-pillow package, versions <13.0.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.29% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-WOLFILATEST-PY3PILLOW-21479114
  • published23 Oct 2026
  • disclosed19 Oct 2026

Introduced: 19 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-112893  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-457  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-763  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Wolfi py3-pillow to version 13.0.0-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream py3-pillow package and not the py3-pillow package as distributed by Wolfi. See How to fix? for Wolfi relevant fixed versions and status.

Pillow is a Python imaging library. From 10.0.0 until 13.0.0, Pillow can free an invalid glyph pointer during FreeType rendering with an active stroker. If FT_Load_Glyph fails, cleanup may call FT_Done_Glyph on an uninitialized or stale glyph variable. An attacker can supply a malformed font as untrusted bytes to an application that draws text with a nonzero stroke width, forcing the glyph-load failure path. This can corrupt memory or crash the process. This issue is fixed in version 13.0.0.

CVSS Base Scores

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