CVE-2020-5311

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Pillow versions prior to 6.2.2

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the SGI RLE decoding process. This can potentially allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. The estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide is not specified. There is no information about real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations For versions prior to 6.2.2, update to version 6.2.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the libImaging/SgiRleDecode.c module until a patch is available. Avoid using the SGI RLE decoding function in the affected library until the issue is resolved.