CVE-2016-2533

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

4.00% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 89.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-04-13 16:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:32Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-02-22

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

82b1eae93ec8f2e9c5506272a240e69ee119c519fb36ac450685643e0c582ee7

• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201612-52https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-52vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160222 Re: CVE Request -- Buffer overflow in Python-Pillow and PILhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/22/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• github.comhttps://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/5bdf54b5a76b54fb00bd05f2d733e0a4173eefc9#diff-8ff6909c159597e22288ad818938fd6bx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.debian.orgDSA-3499http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3499vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160202 CVE Request -- Buffer overflow in Python-Pillow and PILhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/02/5mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• github.comhttps://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/ae453aa18b66af54e7ff716f4ccb33adca60afd4#diff-8ff6909c159597e22288ad818938fd6bx_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/1706x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/blob/c3cb690fed5d4bf0c45576759de55d054916c165/CHANGES.rstx_refsource_CONFIRM