CVE-2026-96639 PUBLISHED

Pillow multi-frame loaders can reuse stale native image storage after mode transitions

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 23.09.2026 Published: 21.10.2026 Updated: 21.10.2026

Pillow is a Python imaging library. From 11.0.0 until 13.0.0, multi-frame loaders can retain an ImagingCore allocation created for a narrow frame mode while a later frame of the same dimensions changes the logical mode and decoder tiles to wider RGB or CMYK data. ImageFile.load_prepare() reuses the stale native storage because _im is non-null without verifying that its mode and size still match. Crafted PSD, MPO, DCX, or MIC frame transitions can then write wider pixels into the narrow allocation, causing native out-of-bounds writes and crashes. The MPO path can also cause a native over-read and, in demonstrated runtime-specific profiles, command execution. This issue is fixed in version 13.0.0.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.8

Product Status

Vendor python-pillow
Product Pillow
Versions
  • Version >= 11.0.0, < 13.0.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read CWE
  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write CWE