Bug 2497466 (CVE-2026-54060)

Summary: CVE-2026-54060 python-pillow: Pillow: Denial of Service via excessive memory allocation when processing font files
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: alinfoot, anpicker, anthomas, aprice, bbrownin, bdettelb, bparees, cmyers, dfreiber, dnakabaa, doconnor, drow, dschmidt, dtrifiro, ebourniv, ehelms, ggainey, hasun, jburrell, jfula, jkoehler, jlanda, jmitchel, jowilson, jpasqual, jsamir, juwatts, jwong, kaycoth, kshier, lcouzens, lgallett, lphiri, mhulan, nmoumoul, nyancey, oezr, omaciel, ometelka, osousa, pbohmill, pcreech, ptisnovs, rbryant, rchan, rhel-process-autobot, sbunciak, simaishi, smallamp, stcannon, syedriko, teagle, tmalecek, ttakamiy, vkumar, watson-tool-maintainers, weaton, xdharmai, yguenane
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A flaw was found in Pillow, a Python imaging library. When processing a specially crafted font file, the library's font compilation function does not adequately check for excessive memory allocation. This oversight allows a remote attacker to trigger an unreasonable consumption of system memory, leading to a denial of service (DoS) for the application.
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Bug Depends On: 2497663, 2497665    
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-07-06 20:02:52 UTC
Pillow is a Python imaging library. Prior to 12.3.0, PIL/FontFile.py FontFile.compile() assembled per-glyph images into a combined bitmap with Image.new("1", (xsize, ysize)) without calling Image._decompression_bomb_check(), allowing a font to trigger excessive allocation during conversion or saving. This issue is fixed in version 12.3.0.