{"id":"CVE-2016-0740","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-0740","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:43:49.408Z","title":"Buffer overflow in the ImagingLibTiffDecode function in libImaging/TiffDecode.c in Pillow before 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to overwrite memory via a crafted TIFF file.","description":"Buffer overflow in the ImagingLibTiffDecode function in libImaging/TiffDecode.c in Pillow before 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to overwrite memory via a crafted TIFF file.","published":"2016-04-13T16:59:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:38:08.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["python/pillow","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.02656,"percentile":0.85565,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.66%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3499","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/blob/c3cb690fed5d4bf0c45576759de55d054916c165/CHANGES.rst","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/6dcbf5bd96b717c58d7b642949da8d323099928e","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-52","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3499","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/blob/c3cb690fed5d4bf0c45576759de55d054916c165/CHANGES.rst","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/6dcbf5bd96b717c58d7b642949da8d323099928e","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-52","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0740","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}