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Vulnerability details: VCID-zsvx-52r4-cbf8
Vulnerability ID VCID-zsvx-52r4-cbf8
Aliases BIT-pillow-2022-45199
CVE-2022-45199
GHSA-q4mp-jvh2-76fj
PYSEC-2022-42980
Summary Pillow before 9.3.0 allows denial of service via SAMPLESPERPIXEL.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
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 0.00099 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45199
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45199
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45199
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45199
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45199
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45199
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45199
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45199
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45199
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45199
epss 0.0013 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45199
epss 0.0013 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45199
epss 0.0013 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45199
epss 0.0013 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45199
epss 0.0013 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45199
epss 0.0013 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45199
epss 0.0013 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45199
epss 0.0013 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45199
epss 0.0013 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45199
epss 0.0013 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45199
epss 0.0013 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45199
epss 0.0013 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45199
epss 0.0013 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45199
epss 0.0013 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45199
epss 0.0013 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45199
epss 0.0013 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-45199
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://bugs.gentoo.org/878769
generic_textual HIGH https://bugs.gentoo.org/878769
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-q4mp-jvh2-76fj
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pillow/PYSEC-2022-42980.yaml
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pillow/PYSEC-2022-42980.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/2444cddab2f83f28687c7c20871574acbb6dbcf3
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/2444cddab2f83f28687c7c20871574acbb6dbcf3
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/6700
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/6700
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/releases/tag/9.3.0
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/releases/tag/9.3.0
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45199
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45199
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-2022-45199
https://bugs.gentoo.org/878769
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pillow/PYSEC-2022-42980.yaml
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/2444cddab2f83f28687c7c20871574acbb6dbcf3
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/6700
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/releases/tag/9.3.0
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45199
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-10
1024512 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1024512
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-q4mp-jvh2-76fj https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q4mp-jvh2-76fj
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/878769
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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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-2022-42980.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
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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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/2444cddab2f83f28687c7c20871574acbb6dbcf3
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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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/6700
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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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/9.3.0
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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-2022-45199
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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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 0.28075
EPSS Score 0.00099
Published At Sept. 9, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:21:24.007967+00:00 Pypa Importer Import https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/pillow/PYSEC-2022-42980.yaml 37.0.0