CVE-2026-112898 PUBLISHED

Pillow: Image.quantize() with empty palette leaks uninitialized stack memory

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 19.10.2026 Published: 19.10.2026 Updated: 19.10.2026

Pillow is a Python imaging library. From 9.1.0 until 13.0.0, Pillow can disclose uninitialized stack memory when Image.quantize() uses an empty palette. ImagingPaletteCacheUpdate() leaves a local cache array uninitialized when the palette has zero entries, and the conversion path emits those bytes as output pixel indices. An attacker who controls the palette image can obtain stack contents from a returned PNG or GIF. This can disclose addresses and stack-canary data without an out-of-bounds access, memory corruption, or process crash. This issue is fixed in version 13.0.0.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 6.9

Product Status

Vendor python-pillow
Product Pillow
Versions
  • Version >= 9.1.0, < 13.0.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-457: Use of Uninitialized Variable CWE