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Vulnerability details: VCID-zvvz-7rud-aaae
Vulnerability ID VCID-zvvz-7rud-aaae
Aliases BIT-2021-28676
BIT-pillow-2021-28676
CVE-2021-28676
GHSA-7r7m-5h27-29hp
PYSEC-2021-92
Summary An issue was discovered in Pillow before 8.2.0. For FLI data, FliDecode did not properly check that the block advance was non-zero, potentially leading to an infinite loop on load.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
System Score Found at
generic_textual Low http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2021/CVE-2021-28676.html
rhas Moderate https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4149
cvssv3 7.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2021-28676.json
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rhbs medium https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1958252
generic_textual Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-28676
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7r7m-5h27-29hp
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pillow/PYSEC-2021-92.yaml
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pillow/PYSEC-2021-92.yaml
cvssv3.1 6.7 https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/bb6c11fb889e6c11b0ee122b828132ee763b5856
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/bb6c11fb889e6c11b0ee122b828132ee763b5856
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/5377
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/5377
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00018.html
generic_textual CRITICAL https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00018.html
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MQHA5HAIBOYI3R6HDWCLAGFTIQP767FL
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MQHA5HAIBOYI3R6HDWCLAGFTIQP767FL
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MQHA5HAIBOYI3R6HDWCLAGFTIQP767FL
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MQHA5HAIBOYI3R6HDWCLAGFTIQP767FL
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28676
cvssv3 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28676
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28676
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/8.2.0.html#cve-2021-28676-fix-fli-dos
generic_textual HIGH https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/8.2.0.html#cve-2021-28676-fix-fli-dos
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-33
generic_textual MODERATE https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-33
generic_textual Low https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4963-1
Reference id Reference type URL
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2021/CVE-2021-28676.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2021-28676.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-28676
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-28676
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pillow/PYSEC-2021-92.yaml
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/bb6c11fb889e6c11b0ee122b828132ee763b5856
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/5377
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00018.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MQHA5HAIBOYI3R6HDWCLAGFTIQP767FL
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MQHA5HAIBOYI3R6HDWCLAGFTIQP767FL/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MQHA5HAIBOYI3R6HDWCLAGFTIQP767FL
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MQHA5HAIBOYI3R6HDWCLAGFTIQP767FL/
https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/8.2.0.html#cve-2021-28676-fix-fli-dos
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-33
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4963-1
1958252 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1958252
989062 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=989062
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2021-28676 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28676
GHSA-7r7m-5h27-29hp https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7r7m-5h27-29hp
RHSA-2021:4149 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4149
USN-4963-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4963-1/
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://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2021-28676.json
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://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-2021-92.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/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/bb6c11fb889e6c11b0ee122b828132ee763b5856
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/5377
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00018.html
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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://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MQHA5HAIBOYI3R6HDWCLAGFTIQP767FL
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MQHA5HAIBOYI3R6HDWCLAGFTIQP767FL
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Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28676
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) 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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28676
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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28676
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://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/8.2.0.html#cve-2021-28676-fix-fli-dos
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-33
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.4067
EPSS Score 0.00183
Published At June 20, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
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