python3-pil: An issue was discovered in Pillow before 8.2.0
CVE-2021-28678 is fixed in 6 products on 1 platform, first by python-pil 5.1.0-1ubuntu0.6, released May 9, 2021. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.
An issue was discovered in Pillow before 8.2.0. For BLP data,BlpImagePlugin did not properly check that reads (after jumping to fileoffsets) returned data. This could lead to a DoS where the decoder could berun a large number of times on empty data.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| python-pil · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 5.1.0-1ubuntu0.6 | python-pil 5.1.0-1ubuntu0.6 | May 9, 2021 |
| python-pil.imagetk · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 5.1.0-1ubuntu0.6 | python-pil.imagetk 5.1.0-1ubuntu0.6 | May 9, 2021 |
| python-pillow · rocky 8 | 0:5.1.1-16.el8 | RLSA-2021:4149 | Nov 9, 2021 |
| python3-pil · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 5.1.0-1ubuntu0.6 | python3-pil 5.1.0-1ubuntu0.6 | May 9, 2021 |
| python3-pil · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 7.0.0-4ubuntu0.4 | python3-pil 7.0.0-4ubuntu0.4 | May 9, 2021 |
| python3-pil · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) | 8.1.2+dfsg-0.1ubuntu1 | python3-pil 8.1.2+dfsg-0.1ubuntu1 | Jan 16, 2026 |
| python3-pil · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) | 8.1.2+dfsg-0.1ubuntu1 | python3-pil 8.1.2+dfsg-0.1ubuntu1 | Jan 16, 2026 |
| python3-pil.imagetk · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 5.1.0-1ubuntu0.6 | python3-pil.imagetk 5.1.0-1ubuntu0.6 | May 9, 2021 |
| python3-pil.imagetk · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 7.0.0-4ubuntu0.4 | python3-pil.imagetk 7.0.0-4ubuntu0.4 | May 9, 2021 |
| python3-pil.imagetk · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) | 8.1.2+dfsg-0.1ubuntu1 | python3-pil.imagetk 8.1.2+dfsg-0.1ubuntu1 | Jan 16, 2026 |
| python3-pil.imagetk · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) | 8.1.2+dfsg-0.1ubuntu1 | python3-pil.imagetk 8.1.2+dfsg-0.1ubuntu1 | Jan 16, 2026 |
| python3-pillow · RHEL 8 | 0:5.1.1-16.el8 | RHSA-2021:4149 | Nov 9, 2021 |
| python3-pillow · almalinux 8 | 5.1.1-16.el8 | ALSA-2021:4149 | Nov 9, 2021 |
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