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CVE-2026-112390GHSA-22HG-R758-RRW9

Pillow: Infinite loop in MIC n_frames when the embedded TIFF

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 13.0.0
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: poc
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

Pillow is a Python imaging library. From 7.2.0 until 13.0.0, Pillow can enter an infinite loop while determining the frame count of a MIC image. MicImageFile inherits TIFF frame traversal, but MicImageFile.tell reports the OLE stream index and its seek() resets TIFF frame state, so an embedded TIFF with at least three IFDs never advances. When an application with olefile installed reads n_frames or saves all frames from a crafted MIC file, the non-advancing traversal can hold a worker at full CPU indefinitely. This issue is fixed in version 13.0.0.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • python-pillow Pillow

    From 7.2.0 · fixed in 13.0.0

  • pillowPyPI

    From 7.2.0 · fixed in 13.0.0

References 3

GitHub · python-pillow/Pillow