CVE-2022-45198

Pillow before 9.2.0 performs Improper Handling of Highly Compressed GIF Data (Data Amplification).

Published: 2022-11-14 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-45198 is rated Moderate Risk (53.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.19%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-45198

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.30% 1.19% +0.90%
2 2026-03-28 0.36% 0.30% -0.06%
3 2026-03-17 — 0.36% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-45198

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-45198

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2022-45198

GHSA-m2vv-5vj5-2hm7 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — Pillow vulnerable to Data Amplification attack.

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-45198

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-45198 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (pillow), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-45198
gentoo high CVE-2022-45198: 1 GLSA(s) (202211-10), 1 atom(s) (dev-python/pillow); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2022-45198
suse medium CVE-2022-45198 severity moderate: SUSE including 7 source package names (python-Pillow, python3-Pillow-7.2.0-150300.3.18.1, …), 35 product×package rows across 18 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS, … (18 product lines)): Known Not Affected 22, Fixed 8, Will Not Fix 5. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-45198/
ubuntu low CVE-2022-45198 low priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (pillow, pillow-python2), 19 status rows across 12 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 9, DNE 5, released 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-45198

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-45198

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
python pillow < 9.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:python:pillow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-45198

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