# CVE-2024-28219: In \_imagingcms.c in Pillow before 10.3.0, a buffer overflow exists because strcpy is used instead of strncpy.

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-1793, BIT-PILLOW-2024-28219, GHSA-44WM-F244-XHP3
- Severity: CVSS 6.7 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AC:H/AV:L/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:U/UI:R
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 10.3.0
- Published: 2024-04-03 · Updated: 2025-11-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- pillow (PyPI): fixed in 10.3.0

## Description

In _imagingcms.c in Pillow before 10.3.0, a buffer overflow exists because strcpy is used instead of strncpy.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, pillow, upgrade to a fixed version (10.3.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/10.3.0.html#security
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4XLPUT3VK4GQ6EVY525TT2QNUIXNRU5M/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00008.html

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