Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-28219

Python Pillow ≤ 10.3.0

Published
03 April 2024
Modified
17 June 2026
CVSS Score v3.1 6.7
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.010 60th percentile
Risk Priority 51 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2024-28219 is a medium-severity Integer Overflow to Buffer Overflow (CWE-680) vulnerability in Python Pillow. Its CVSS base score is 6.7 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked in the top 40% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SA-15 (Development Process, Standards, and Tools) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

In _imagingcms.c in Pillow before 10.3.0, a buffer overflow exists because strcpy is used instead of strncpy.

CWE(s)
CWE-680

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
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T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
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T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services Lateral Movement
Adversaries may exploit remote services to gain unauthorized access to internal systems once inside of a network.
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T1212 Exploitation for Credential Access Credential Access
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to collect credentials.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

python
pillow
≤ 10.3.0
debian
debian linux
10.0

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SA-11 Developer Testing and Evaluation good match

Developer testing and analysis (static, dynamic, fuzzing) finds integer-overflow-to-allocation defects before deployment.

SA-15 Development Process, Standards, and Tools partial match

Mandates documented development standards and tools that enforce secure coding rules against unsafe integer arithmetic.

SA-8 Security and Privacy Engineering Principles partial match

Requires engineering principles such as safe arithmetic and bounds-checked allocation that directly stop integer overflow during memory-size computation.

SI-10 Information Input Validation partial match

Validates untrusted size/offset inputs before they reach allocation calculations, structurally blocking the integer overflow path.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly prevent integer-overflow flaws during development, but eliminating only this CWE covers only part of the broad control intent.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing can detect integer-overflow-to-buffer-overflow conditions during development.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure development life cycle mandates practices that can catch integer overflows before deployment.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Application security requirements can specify safe integer handling and bounds checking.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
prevents

Secure architecture principles encourage use of safe arithmetic libraries and overflow detection.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards directly require prevention of integer overflows that lead to buffer overflows.

References