# CVE-2026-42308: Pillow: Integer overflow when processing fonts

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-165, BIT-PILLOW-2026-42308, GHSA-WJX4-4JCJ-G98J
- Severity: CVSS 5.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 12.2.0
- Published: 2026-05-09 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- python-pillow Pillow: fixed in 12.2.0
- pillow (PyPI): fixed in 12.2.0

## Description

Pillow is a Python imaging library. Prior to version 12.2.0, if a font advances for each glyph by an exceeding large amount, when Pillow keeps track of the current position, it may lead to an integer overflow. This issue has been patched in version 12.2.0.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-wjx4-4jcj-g98j
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/releases/tag/12.2.0

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