CVE-2026-42310 (GCVE-0-2026-42310)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-09 04:10 – Updated: 2026-05-12 18:31
VLAI
Title
Pillow: PDF Parsing Trailer Infinite Loop (DoS)
Summary
Pillow is a Python imaging library. From version 4.2.0 to before version 12.2.0, an attacker can supply a malicious PDF that causes the process to hang indefinitely, consuming 100% CPU and making the application unresponsive. This issue has been patched in version 12.2.0.
Severity
5.1 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-12 13:33 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7879 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
python-pillow Pillow Affected: >= 4.2.0, < 12.2.0
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