9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2020-5312
Pillow PCX P Mode Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

libImaging/PcxDecode.c in Pillow before 6.2.2 has a PCX P mode buffer overflow.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 3, 2020, 1:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:23 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-5312 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Python pillow
: Total Affected Vendor : 4 | Products : 4
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2020-5312.

URL Resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0566 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0578 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0580 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0681 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0683 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0694 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/93b22b846e0269ee9594ff71a72bec02d2bea8fd Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2MMU3WT2X64GS5WHDPKKC2WZA7UIIQ3A/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3DUMIBUYGJRAVJCTFUWBRLVQKOUTVX5P/
https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/6.2.2.html Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4272-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4631 Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-5312 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-5312 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2MMU3WT2X64GS5WHDPKKC2WZA7UIIQ3A/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3DUMIBUYGJRAVJCTFUWBRLVQKOUTVX5P/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/2MMU3WT2X64GS5WHDPKKC2WZA7UIIQ3A/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/3DUMIBUYGJRAVJCTFUWBRLVQKOUTVX5P/
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 18, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 10, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Removed CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Removed CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0566 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0566 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0578 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0578 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0580 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0580 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0681 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0681 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0683 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0683 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0694 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0694 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/2MMU3WT2X64GS5WHDPKKC2WZA7UIIQ3A/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/2MMU3WT2X64GS5WHDPKKC2WZA7UIIQ3A/ Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/3DUMIBUYGJRAVJCTFUWBRLVQKOUTVX5P/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/3DUMIBUYGJRAVJCTFUWBRLVQKOUTVX5P/ Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4272-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4272-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4631 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4631 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 13, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0694 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 11, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0683 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0681 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0580 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0578 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 22, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4631 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 22, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/3DUMIBUYGJRAVJCTFUWBRLVQKOUTVX5P/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 21, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0566 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 18, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4272-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 31, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/2MMU3WT2X64GS5WHDPKKC2WZA7UIIQ3A/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 03, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/93b22b846e0269ee9594ff71a72bec02d2bea8fd No Types Assigned https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/93b22b846e0269ee9594ff71a72bec02d2bea8fd Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/6.2.2.html No Types Assigned https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/6.2.2.html Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-120
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:python:pillow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 6.2.2
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-5312 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2020-5312 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-67: String Format Overflow in syslog() String Format Overflow in syslog() CAPEC-92: Forced Integer Overflow Forced Integer Overflow CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.97 }} -0.01%

score

0.83136

percentile

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