Is CVE-2020-35653 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-35653 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-35653?

CVE-2020-35653 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.1 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-35653?

CVE-2020-35653 has an EPSS score of 1.50% (71th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-35653?

Upgrade pillow on debian 11 to 8.1.0-1 or later. Fixes are available for 4 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-35653

HIGHEPSS 71th pctl

7.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In Pillow before 8.1.0, PcxDecode has a buffer over-read when decoding a crafted PCX file because the user-supplied stride value is trusted for buffer calculations.

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

How to fix

Remediation Available

pillowDebian

Fixed in:8.1.0-1CVE-2020-35653

pillowUbuntu

Fixed in:2.3.0-1ubuntu3.4+esm2USN-4697-2

Fixed in:3.1.2-0ubuntu1.5USN-4697-1

Fixed in:5.1.0-1ubuntu0.4USN-4697-1

Fixed in:7.0.0-4ubuntu0.2USN-4697-1

python-pilUbuntu

Fixed in:2.3.0-1ubuntu3.4+esm2USN-4697-2

Fixed in:3.1.2-0ubuntu1.5USN-4697-1

Fixed in:5.1.0-1ubuntu0.4USN-4697-1

python3-pilUbuntu

Fixed in:2.3.0-1ubuntu3.4+esm2USN-4697-2

Fixed in:3.1.2-0ubuntu1.5USN-4697-1

Fixed in:5.1.0-1ubuntu0.4USN-4697-1

Fixed in:7.0.0-4ubuntu0.2USN-4697-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.50%probability of exploitation in 30 days

71stpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 71% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1

pillow.readthedocs.io

Mailing List1

lists.debian.org

Other references2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2014-0160	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-5777	High	7.5	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-4034	High	7.8	95%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-21769	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-49285	High	8.6	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-8794	Critical	9.8	89%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.