Low

Infinite loop in Pillow

  • Disclosed: 11.03.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 12:18

JpegImagePlugin may append an EOF marker to the end of a truncated file, so that the last segment of the data will still be processed by the decoder.

If the EOF marker is not detected as such however, this could lead to an infinite loop where JpegImagePlugin keeps trying to end the file.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Python (PyPI) pillow < 9.0.0 9.0.0

References

CVSS score -
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-400
Platform
Python (PyPI)
Package
pillow
Disclosed
11.03.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 12:18

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-4fx9-vc88-q2xc - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: pillow

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Python (PyPI)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (81) in the archive
Total entries
81
First → latest
04.2014 10.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
1

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 10
  • High 53
  • Medium 16
  • Low 1
  • Unrated 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2017: 1
  2. 2018: 0
  3. 2019: 1
  4. 2020: 10
  5. 2021: 20
  6. 2022: 8
  7. 2023: 3
  8. 2024: 2
  9. 2025: 1
  10. 2026: 23

earlier: 12

Severity:
  1. Infinite loop in Pillow this entry
    Low ghsa-4fx9-vc88-q2xc < 9.0.0 9.0.0
  2. High · 7.5 CVE-2026-59200 >= 5.1.0, < 12.3.0 12.3.0
  3. High CVE-2026-42311 >= 10.3.0, < 12.2.0 12.2.0
  4. High · 7.5 CVE-2026-40192 >= 10.3.0, < 12.2.0 12.2.0
  5. High CVE-2026-25990 >= 10.3.0, < 12.1.1 12.1.1
  6. High · 7.1 CVE-2025-48379 >= 11.2.0, < 11.3.0 11.3.0
  7. High · 6.7 CVE-2024-28219 < 10.3.0 10.3.0
  8. Critical · 8.1 CVE-2023-50447 < 10.2.0 10.2.0
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