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Vulnerability details: VCID-jgwx-yhhb-6yft
Vulnerability ID VCID-jgwx-yhhb-6yft
Aliases BIT-pillow-2022-45198
CVE-2022-45198
GHSA-m2vv-5vj5-2hm7
PYSEC-2022-42979
Summary Pillow before 9.2.0 performs Improper Handling of Highly Compressed GIF Data (Data Amplification).
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-409 Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00123 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45198
epss 0.00123 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45198
epss 0.00123 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45198
epss 0.00123 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45198
epss 0.00123 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45198
epss 0.00123 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45198
epss 0.00123 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45198
epss 0.00123 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45198
epss 0.00123 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45198
epss 0.00123 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45198
epss 0.0014 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45198
epss 0.0014 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45198
epss 0.0014 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45198
epss 0.0014 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45198
epss 0.0014 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45198
epss 0.0014 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45198
epss 0.0014 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45198
epss 0.0014 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45198
epss 0.0014 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45198
epss 0.0014 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45198
epss 0.0015 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45198
epss 0.0015 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45198
epss 0.0015 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45198
epss 0.0015 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45198
epss 0.0015 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45198
epss 0.0015 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45198
epss 0.0015 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45198
epss 0.0015 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45198
epss 0.0015 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45198
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://bugs.gentoo.org/855683
generic_textual HIGH https://bugs.gentoo.org/855683
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/409.html
generic_textual HIGH https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/409.html
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m2vv-5vj5-2hm7
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pillow/PYSEC-2022-42979.yaml
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pillow/PYSEC-2022-42979.yaml
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/11918eac0628ec8ac0812670d9838361ead2d6a4
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/11918eac0628ec8ac0812670d9838361ead2d6a4
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/6402
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/6402
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/6402/commits/c9f1b35e981075110a23487a8d4a6cbb59a588ea
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/6402/commits/c9f1b35e981075110a23487a8d4a6cbb59a588ea
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/releases/tag/9.2.0
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/releases/tag/9.2.0
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45198
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45198
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-10
generic_textual HIGH https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-10
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45198
https://bugs.gentoo.org/855683
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-45198
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/409.html
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pillow/PYSEC-2022-42979.yaml
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/11918eac0628ec8ac0812670d9838361ead2d6a4
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/6402
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/6402/commits/c9f1b35e981075110a23487a8d4a6cbb59a588ea
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/releases/tag/9.2.0
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45198
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-10
cpe:2.3:a:python:pillow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:python:pillow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
GHSA-m2vv-5vj5-2hm7 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m2vv-5vj5-2hm7
USN-5777-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/5777-1/
USN-USN-5777-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-5777-2/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://bugs.gentoo.org/855683
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/409.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pillow/PYSEC-2022-42979.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/11918eac0628ec8ac0812670d9838361ead2d6a4
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/6402
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/6402/commits/c9f1b35e981075110a23487a8d4a6cbb59a588ea
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/releases/tag/9.2.0
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45198
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-10
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.32253
EPSS Score 0.00123
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:21:24.060485+00:00 Pypa Importer Import https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/pillow/PYSEC-2022-42979.yaml 37.0.0